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Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591

572 CE – 591 CE

Two decades of devastating warfare between the superpowers of Late Antiquity, ending when Byzantium helped restore the Sassanid king Khosrow II — who would later turn on his benefactors.

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War between the Sasanian Empire of Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591

572 CE – 591 CE

Two decades of devastating warfare between the superpowers of Late Antiquity, ending when Byzantium helped restore the Sassanid king Khosrow II — who would later turn on his benefactors.

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