He said: In the tenth year of his reign the Persians rose up, overran Babylon, and sent reinforcements to Fars. Ardashir son of Sasan, a man from Istakhr, then took control of Babylon; he was the first king to be installed over Persia in this second era.
He said: Commodus Caesar, ruler of the Romans, died. Another Caesar succeeded him for three months, then yet another. After them, Severus Caesar ruled in Rome for seventeen years, and that was four years after Ardashir had come to power.
This king was severe. He unleashed terrible persecution and harsh torment upon the Christians, killing all their scholars and slaying great numbers of people. Many Christians were martyred in his days throughout every region. He then put to death all the Christians who were in Egypt and Alexandria, demolished the churches, and in Alexandria built a temple.