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The Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire were at war for generations at this point.
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Totally correct as I understand it.
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They fought themselves hallow basically.
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Do you mean that they were fighting a holy war? I'm confused by your usage of the word hallow.
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Lo and behold the religion of peace starts declaring war with both empires, the Sassanid crumbling first.
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The collapse of the Sassanid Empire: Khosrau the Second had led a succesful campaign against the Byzantine curing their civil war had actually served to weaken the Sassanian Empire because they didn't have the resources to wage a full scale war after their own civil war (the revolt of general Bahram Chobin). Byzantine retaliated by attacking Persia from the rear. Meinwhile, Khosrau the Second and his Khosrau the Second were acting like children, allowing suspician to rule their actions, and the Sassanid lost a great general and army. The Byzantine military won the battle of Nineveh, coupled with the assasination of Khosrau the Second, plunged Sassanid into a full scale civil war. That was how the empire fell. The remaining generals were striking out in all directions acting like warlords. One of the peoples that they attacked were the Arabs. The problem was that in it's weak state, the Sassanian Empire wasn't prepared for a counter attack, and the Persians eventually lost.
The Arabs did go to war with the Byzantine Empire after defeating the Sassanian threat and coverting most Persians, but they didn't win. Thanks to a great military and greek fire, Constantinople was never taken, and the Byzantine continued on to it's "Golden Age" in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries under Macedonia.
Actually, maybe Roach can settle this one, being a history prof.