The Roman-Persian frontier had remained stable since 384, when the two powers divided Armenia, and despite recurrent warfare, would not change significantly until the Lazic War.
The Anastasian War was fought from 502 to 506 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was the first major conflict between the two powers since 440, and would be the prelude to a long series of destructive conflicts between the two empires over the next century.
^The sources are contradictory about the role played by Constantine during the siege of Theodosiopolis. According to Zacharias Rhetor, (Greatrex & Lieu 2002, p. 63) he was taken prisoner, while according to Joshua the Stylite, due a grudge he bore against the emperor Anastasius, he betrayed the Romans. (Joshua the Stylite, Chronicle 48)
The AnastasianWar was fought from 502 to 506 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was the first major conflict between the two powers...
subsidies, which led Kavad to invade his domains, thus starting the AnastasianWar. Kavad first seized Theodosiopolis and Martyropolis respectively, and...
Callinicum in 531 continued the war for another year until the empires signed the "Perpetual Peace". After the AnastasianWar, a seven-year truce was agreed...
empire engaged in the Isaurian War against the usurper Longinus and the AnastasianWar against Sassanid Persia. The Isaurian War (492–497) was stirred up by...
sedentary Himyarite king, not wanting the burden of directly ruling the warring nomadic tribes of the vast desert expanses, resolved to have his dependent...
briefly in 482, Perozes, the Persian commander-in-chief during the AnastasianWar and the Battle of Dara, Mihransitad, a diplomat of Khosrow I, Golon...
Byzantine Empire to be consecrated. Vakhtang I of Iberia was encouraged into war with the Sassanians. A "fervent Christian", his religious policies were "part...
Isaurians under Longinus of Cardala. 502–506: AnastasianWar with Sassanid Persia. 526–532: Iberian War with Sassanid Persia. Justinian campaigns (533–555):...
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politician. The scion of a distinguished line, he led troops in the AnastasianWar, and served as consul in 506. During an urban riot in 512, Areobindus...
[page needed] Procopius. History of the Wars, I.9.24; Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). "The AnastasianWar and its aftermath (502–525)". The Roman...
also allowed some to return. Major deportations occurred during the AnastasianWar, including Kavad I's deportation of the populations of Theodosiopolis...
officer from the Ispahbudhan family who was involved in the AnastasianWar and the Iberian War between the Sasanian and Byzantine Empire. He is also known...
in his third period of his rule launched a campaign as part of the AnastasianWar against northern Roman Mesopotamia, and deported 80,000 prisoners from...
character in the Mobile/PC Game Rise of Kingdoms. Byzantine Empire portal AnastasianWar Asinarius Aspar Battle of Taginae Byzantine Empire under the Justinian...
421–422 Roman–Sasanian War 502–506 AnastasianWar 526–532 Iberian War 572–591 Roman–Persian War 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War 610 Antioch riots 613 Battle...
503. He was responsible for provisioning the Byzantine forces in the AnastasianWar (502–506) against Sasanian Persia, but fell out of favour with Emperor...
might be holders of the rank in the early 6th century. Thus during the AnastasianWar of 502–506, a certain Boes (Bōē), who negotiated with the Byzantine...
Procopius tried to lay siege to Dara during the AnastasianWar. Procopius, History of the Wars: The Persian War, I.13 Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p...
Theodosiopolis occurred in August 502, during the opening stages of the AnastasianWar. The Sasanian ruler Kavadh I laid siege to the city of Theodosiopolis...
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