Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
602 CE – 628 CE
The final and most devastating Roman-Persian war. The Sassanids conquered the Levant and Egypt before Heraclius launched a dramatic counter-offensive into Persia itself.
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Last war between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires
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Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
602 CE – 628 CEThe final and most devastating Roman-Persian war. The Sassanids conquered the Levant and Egypt before Heraclius launched a dramatic counter-offensive into Persia itself. The war exhausted both empires, leaving them fatally vulnerable to the Arab-Islamic conquests.
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- Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628Piero della Francesca · Public domain
