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Byzantine–Sasanian War

Type Event Region Western Asia Time 502–562

From 502 to 562, the Eastern Roman Empire and Sasanian Persia fought a series of prolonged wars, including the Anastasian War, the Iberian War, and t…

Timeline

  1. 502–506Armenian–Mesopotamian frontier · CaucasusPersian King Kavadh I attacked Byzantium over Armenian church and border disputes; the two sides fought fiercely at Amida and elsewhere, finally making peace in 506.
  2. 526–532Northern Mesopotamia · MesopotamiaAfter Khosrow I ascended the throne, war resumed; the Byzantine general Belisarius won a great victory at Dara in 530, and the two sides signed the Eternal Peace in 532.
  3. 541–562Lazica and the Caucasus · CaucasusAfter the Eternal Peace collapsed, the two sides again went to war in Lazica; after twenty years of attrition, they signed the Fifty-Year Peace in 562, Persia receiving annual tribute and the two sides dividing their spheres of influence.

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