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Byzantine-Sasanian War
Final and most destructive Byzantine-Sasanian war before the early Islamic conquests.
Historical overview
Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.
The Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628 was the last great war between the two empires. It exhausted both states immediately before the early Islamic conquests.
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Border context
285-632historical border era
Late antique empires and migration wars
Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian, Gothic, Hunnic and post-Roman powers redraw frontiers across Europe and the Near East.
The Western Roman Empire fragments into successor kingdoms. Byzantine and Sasanian wars exhaust the eastern imperial frontier.