Rodag
Rodag or Rodak (Middle Persian: Rōdak, New Persian: رودک) was a 3rd-century Sasanian noblewoman, the wife of Pabag and the mother of Ardashir I ({{reign|224|242}}), the founder of the Sasanian Empire.{{sfn|Brosius|2000}}{{sfn|Wiesehöfer|1986}} She is mentioned in the inscription of Shapur I on the wall of the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht at Naqsh-e Rostam near Persepolis in southern Iran as “Mother of the King of Kings”.{{sfn|Brosius|2000}}
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- {{cite encyclopedia | article = WOMEN i. In Pre-Islamic Persia | last = Brosius | first = Maria | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/women-i | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol | location = London et al. | year = 2000}}
- {{Encyclopædia Iranica|volume=2|fascicle=4|pages=371-376|first=J. |last=Wiesehöfer|title=ARDAŠĪR I i. History|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ardasir-i}}
Category:3rd-century Iranian people