Roman–Persian Treaty of Eternal Peace

Name: Roman–Persian Treaty of Eternal Peace
Start: 442

Type Event Region Western Asia Time 442

In 442 CE, Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II and Sasanian King Yazdegerd II signed the so-called 'Eternal Peace,' with Rome paying Persia 7,000 pou…

Timeline

440–442Mesopotamian frontier · MesopotamiaFrom around 440 CE, the Sasanians and Eastern Romans resumed hostilities along the Armenian and Mesopotamian frontiers. Both sides found prolonged attrition unsustainable and initiated peace talks through exchanges of envoys, laying the groundwork for a formal treaty.
442The two empires · Sasanian EmpireThe treaty stipulated that Rome pay Persia 7,000 pounds of gold annually in exchange for peace and confirmed the existing borders of both sides. This 'Eternal Peace' nominally held for about forty years, until renewed conflict on the Armenian frontier reignited war in 502 CE.

Sources

The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 284-430) — Ammianus Marcellinus (trans. Walter Hamilton) (1986)
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641 — Stephen Mitchell (2007)