HIST-211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 69: Early Christianity, Military Of The Sasanian Empire, Miaphysitism
23 Sep 2020
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Justinian"s military & ecclesiastical victories would both prove to be relatively short- With byzantium occupied with the west, sasanid shahinshah khosrau i (r. 531-579) saw an opportunity. Khosrau"s sassanid army invaded across byzantium"s middle eastern frontier, storming into the near east & threatening egypt. As a result, the byzantines had to abandon most of their western gains. At the dawn of the 7th cent. , then, it looked like justinian"s gains were simply a mirage. The eastern roman empire had lost many of its former territories, & was again fighting. Into that dire situation came emperor heraclius, who strengthened byzantium"s military. Army officials replaced bureaucrats, while the territory was. Heraclius also stoked community spirit" by identifying the struggle with persia as a religious war" for christianity. The sassanid leadership, meanwhile, was zoroastrian, although many christians lived in. The eastern roman empire again controlled egypt & much of the middle east . Nevertheless, heraclius had changed byzantium irrevocably, both militarily & religiously.
