The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 CE by Strategius of Mar Saba

by Sean W Anthony and Stephen J Shoemaker

In 614 CE, the armies of Sasanid Persia shocked the Eastern Roman Empire when they besieged and captured Jerusalem, taking a large swath of its population into captivity along with the city's patriarch and the famed relic of the True Cross. This astounding Persian victory over Christian Jerusalem was a key episode in the last war between Rome and Persia in 602-628 CE and occurred at the high tide of Persian advances into the Roman territories in Asia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614911193
• ISBN13: 9781614911197
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.