East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the End of Antiquity

The last, longest and most damaging of the wars fought between East Rome and Sasanian Persia (603-628) brought the classical phase of west Eurasian history to a dramatic close. Despite its evident significance, not least as the distant setting for Muhammad''s prophetic mission, this last great war of antiquity attracted comparatively little scholarly attention until the last decades of the twentie...