Information
Name: Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628
Type: Event
Start: 606
End: 628
Parents: Roman-Persian Wars
Children: Avar Incursions, Byzantine Counterattack (Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628), Heraclian revolt, Jewish revolt against Heraclius, Persian dominance (Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628), Sasanian conquest of Egypt
Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628: All Data
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Was the final and most devastating of the series of wars fought between the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire. The war was fought in Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus, Anatolia, Armenia, the Aegean Sea and before the walls of Constantinople itself. After an initial phase of Sasanian conquest, the Byzantines were able to regain most of their territories. The war ended after a civil war broke out in Persia. After the war both Empires were so weakened that the Middle East and North Africa were soon conquered by the emerging Islamic Caliphate.
