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Constantine's arrangement and gift of money to Valentinus for the army, to support Constantine's son in the line of s...
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When Emperor Heraclius died on 11 February 641, he left two of his sons in charge. Each was from a different mother.C...
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For a century (610 - 711), Heraclius and his descendants were emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, ruling over the B...
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Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (reigned 610 - 641) was mentioned here when he tried to make the whole empire follow Mono...
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We left off two days ago (because of the Farhad Tarash interlude) with the "wrong" ending of their love story, one we...
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I mentioned yesterday a sculptor named Farhad who was punished by Khosrow II for becoming a rival for the love of Shi...
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Yesterday we started the romance of Khosrow and Shirin, in which the two lovers separate when Khosrow goes to Constan...
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Once the rebellions were finished, the reign of Khosrow II (590 - 628) experienced a golden age in some respects. One...
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The woman whose name keeps showing up in the last few posts was the wife of three powerful men in 6th-century Iran, o...
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An uncle willing to kill your father might not be the best person in whom to put your faith. Vistahm and his brother ...
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So Khosrow II had regained his throne and the usurper Bahram Chobin had fled and been killed. Order was restored in t...
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After Hormizd IV was strangled with his own turban by his own followers in 590, his son became Iranian Emperor Khosro...
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So Hormizd IV was dealing with a civil war when a successful military leader decided he was destined to lead the Iran...
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Iranian Emperor Khosrow I maintained a level of religious tolerance (except for Mazdakism), during his reign (531 - 5...
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Two days ago I promised you a grisly end to Mazdak and his followers. Yesterday was the set-up: Iranian Emperor Kavad...
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During the reign of the Sassanian dynasty's Emperor Kavad I (r. 488–531), Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion. A...
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If the Iranian Empire under the Sassanian Emperor Khosrow I (531 - 579) had an official religion, it would be Zoroast...
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Although the youngest of four sons and not truly expected to ever become king, Khosrow I (531 - 579) received an exte...
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The Emperor of Iran, Khosrow I (531 - 579) was not just a leader who wanted to go to war with the Byzantines. He want...
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A 7th-century Sanskrit biography of the Indian emperor Harshavardhana written by his court poet Banabhatta contains t...