Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591
572 CE – 591 CE · 19 years
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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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Byzantine Empire
- Sassanid Persia
Key moments
Defining events in the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591.
- 586 AD Battle of Solachon
- 573 AD Siege of Dara
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Byzantine Empire
395 CE – 1453 CE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · Europe
Eastern Roman Empire
395 CE – 1453 CE
Landmark · Europe
Danube Delta
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · Europe
Saami
Attested 1500 BCE – 700 CE
Landmark · Europe
Białowieża Forest
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
France
Founded 481 CE · attested to 2026 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 572 CE and 591 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Roman-Persian Frontier in Late AntiquityCplakidas · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Eastern Roman Empire 565 CEMnohohrishnyi · CC0
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
- Białowieża ForestJacek Karczmarz · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of FranceOriginal: Unknown Vector: SKopp · Public domain
