Shapur II, Shahan-shah of Sassanid Persia, “may have been the only king in history to be crowned in utero”. Some Byzantine emperors were titled “Porphyrogenitos” to signify that they had been “born into the purple”. (Some regulations and paperwork had to be completed for this, however.)
Shapur II, Shahan-shah of Sassanid Persia, “may have been the only king in history to be crowned in utero”. Some Byzantine emperors were titled “Porphyrogenitos” to signify that they had been “born into the purple”. (Some regulations and paperwork had to be completed for this, however.)