602 AD - The Great Roman War begins.
608 AD - The Exarch of Africa alongside his son, both named Heraclius, begin a revolt against Phocas.
610 AD - Nicetas is defeated by Phocas' forces in his overland invasion of Egypt. Heraclius is defeated and executed by Phocas in the same year.
615 AD - By this point, Egypt has fallen to Persia. The majority of Anatolia has fallen to the Persians
618 AD - Persians get to Constantinople and put it under siege. Phocas decides to flee to Rome in an act of cowardice and fear and Constantinople falls under Persian control. As future residents of Constantinople would say, the city was just abandoned. Phocas is killed in Rome and a long period of instability of this third Rome begins.
Persia has annexed Thrace and Egypt, and all land east of these places. Khosrau II has earned the moniker Khosrau the Great. The Great Roman War has come to an end, but with much infrastructure and land destroyed. Constantinople remains a centre of art and architecture.
Phocas has fled to Rome and a long period of instability begins, only aggravated by the Arab invasions.
608 AD - The Exarch of Africa alongside his son, both named Heraclius, begin a revolt against Phocas.
610 AD - Nicetas is defeated by Phocas' forces in his overland invasion of Egypt. Heraclius is defeated and executed by Phocas in the same year.
615 AD - By this point, Egypt has fallen to Persia. The majority of Anatolia has fallen to the Persians
618 AD - Persians get to Constantinople and put it under siege. Phocas decides to flee to Rome in an act of cowardice and fear and Constantinople falls under Persian control. As future residents of Constantinople would say, the city was just abandoned. Phocas is killed in Rome and a long period of instability of this third Rome begins.
Persia has annexed Thrace and Egypt, and all land east of these places. Khosrau II has earned the moniker Khosrau the Great. The Great Roman War has come to an end, but with much infrastructure and land destroyed. Constantinople remains a centre of art and architecture.
Phocas has fled to Rome and a long period of instability begins, only aggravated by the Arab invasions.
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