Sasanian conquest of Egypt
| Sasanian conquest of Egypt | |||||||||
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| Part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | |||||||||
The Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent under Khosrow II | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Sasanian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Nicetas | Shahrbaraz | ||||||||
The Sasanian conquest of Egypt took place between 618 and 621 CE, when the Sasanian Persian army defeated the Byzantine forces in Egypt and occupied the province. The fall of Alexandria, the capital of Roman Egypt, marked the first and most important stage in the Sasanian campaign to conquer this rich province, which eventually fell completely under Persian rule within a couple of years.