Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
Name of Greece it lasted almost 1000 years longer than the Western Roman Empire, Persians, Arabs, and Turks, all in the East, used and sometimes still use terms from "Rhomania" or "Rome", such as "Rûm", to refer to its land or people. The first major form of names derives from the Latin "Graecus" and "Graecia" or their equivalent forms in Greek whence the former derive themselves. These terms have fallen out of use in Greek. The second major form, used in many languages and in which the common root is "yun" or "ywn", is borrowed from the Greek name "Ionia", the Ionian tribe