Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
| Byzantine–Persian War over Armenia | |||||||||
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| Part of Byzantine–Sasanian Wars | |||||||||
Map of the Byzantine–Sasanian frontier, including the long-standing borders of 387 and the Byzantine gains of 591 | |||||||||
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Byzantine Empire Ghassanids Mamikonians Huns Sasanian supporters of Khosrow II |
Sasanian Persian Empire Lakhmids | ||||||||
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Justin II Marcian Justinian Al-Mundhir ibn al-Harith, Cours, Maurice, John Mystacon, Philippicus, Narses, Khosrow II, Vistahm, Vinduyih, Musel II Mamikonian, Apsich |
Khosrow I, Al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir †, Khorianes †, Adarmahan, Tamkhosrau †, Kardarigan, Izadgushasp, Fariburz, Bahram Chobin Bahram Gushnasp | ||||||||
The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 was a war fought between the Sasanian Empire of Persia and the Byzantine Empire. It was triggered by pro-Byzantine revolts in areas of the Caucasus under Persian hegemony, although other events also contributed to its outbreak. The fighting was largely confined to the southern Caucasus and Mesopotamia, although it also extended into eastern Anatolia, Syria, and northern Iran. It was part of an intense sequence of wars between these two empires which occupied the majority of the 6th and early 7th centuries. It was also the last of the many wars between them to follow a pattern in which fighting was largely confined to frontier provinces and neither side achieved any lasting occupation of enemy territory beyond this border zone. It preceded a much more wide-ranging and dramatic final conflict in the early 7th century.