Beate Dignas & Engelbert Winter - Kaveh Farrokh

Chronological table 271
532 ‘Eternal peace’ is concluded
538 Ambassadors of the Gothic king Wittiges appeal to Xusrō
I in Ktēsiphōn and try to persuade him to go to war against
Byzantium
540–562 Second Sasanian–Byzantine war in the sixth century, triggered
by invasions of the Lahmid Alamoundaros into
Roman territory
540 Xusrō I conquers Antioch; the inhabitants of the Syrian
metropolis are deported to the Sasanian Empire and resettled
in the new foundation Vēh-Antiok-Xusrō
544 The Sasanians fail at their attempt to conquer Christian
Edessa
545 Both sides agree on an armistice
549 Fighting continues
551 A five-year armistice is concluded, which does not include
Lazika
552 Justinian tries to introduce the breeding of silk worms
in Byzantium in order to gain independence from the
Sasanian intermediate trade
556/557 Peace negotiations take place and a general armistice is
concluded
562 Justinian and Xusrō I Anōˇsarvān conclude a foedus
From 568 Romans and Turks enter diplomatic relations
570 The Sasanians advance into the Yemen
572–590 Third Sasanian–Byzantine war in the sixth century
588/589 The end of the reign of Hormizd IV sees confrontations
with the Turks along the Eastern Sasanian frontier
590/591 Maurice intervenes in rivalries over the Sasanian throne;
Xusrō II Pārvēz prevails against the rebel Bahrām VI Čōbīn
602 Xusrō II has the last Lahmid ruler Numān III assassinated;
Xusrō II’s ‘benefactor’ Maurice is overthrown by
Phocas; the Sasanian king begins war against the Romans
and advances into Armenia and Cappadocia
604 Several Arab tribes unite and destroy a Sasanian army at
Dū Kār
c. 605 The Sasanians conquer the important border cities Amida,
Rhesaina, Kallinikos and Kirkesion; the Romans lose all of
Mesopotamia
c. 608–610 The Sasanians advance into Asia Minor