Khosrow Parviz's wars with Rome

These wars lasted from 602 to 627 AD, for almost twenty years. Its qualities were such that until Moricius was the Roman emperor, the relations between the two courts were quite cordial, but in 602 AD Moricius was killed by Phocas, the next emperor of Byzantium..

Khosrow did not recognize Parviz Fukas. The war between the governments started. Khosrow entered Mesopotamia with an army and besieged Dara Castle and captured it after three months. After that, the Iranian army crossed the Euphrates and took other Roman cities to the vicinity of today's Beirut. On the other hand, Iran attacked from Armenia and advanced in Asia Minor to such an extent that the people of Constantinople became anxious.. The situation of the Roman government at this time was like chaos. Phokas, who had usurped the throne, could not do anything against Khosrow's conquests.

The pressure of the Iranians caused panic and anxiety in the Eastern Roman countries, it produced a crisis, as a result of which Heraclius, who is known as Hercules in the history of Iran, came from Carthage to Constantinople with ships and in 610 AD took control of affairs with the people..

On the other hand, Khosrow continued his conquest and invaded Shamat in 611 AD and captured and looted Damascus..

In 614 AD, the Iranian army went to Jerusalem and managed to conquer Jerusalem. The churches and temples of the city, including the holy tomb of Jesus Christ, were razed to the ground, and a piece of the cross with which Christ was said to have been crucified, known as the True Cross, was sent to Tisophon as an extremely valuable booty..

Khosrow was not satisfied with these conquests, he sent Shahrbraz, who was one of the famous generals of Iran, to Egypt with an army, and he crossed the desert between Shamat and Egypt and entered Egypt, and in 616 AD he captured Alexandria, which was a famous and commercial city. , took. This conquest of Iran's general made a great impact in the world of that day because it had been nine centuries since the kingdom of Egypt was removed from the possession of Iran and the Sassanid kings were always trying to bring Iran's borders to the Achaemenid era..

On the other hand, in 617 AD, Shahin Sardar, another name of Iran, from Cappadocia, took all the countries of Asia Minor and went to Chalcedon. (Koi Ghazikoi in Istanbul today) He came near Constantinople. At this time, Heraclius met with the Iranian general, an ambassador was sent to Khosrow Parviz for peace negotiations, but the negotiations did not reach a conclusion.. Not only did Khosrow not show up for the peace negotiations, he also imprisoned the ambassador and threatened to kill him. After that, Chalcedon was soon conquered by the Persian army, and Iran almost reached the Achaemenid era..