Hormizd III, king of Persia, son of Yazdegerd I, succeeded his father in 457.
He had continually to fight with his brothers and with the Ephthalites in Bactria, and was killed by Peroz in 459.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.
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