Roman–Persian Wars

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ancient war series of wars

The Roman–Persian Wars were a centuries-long series of conflicts between the Roman (and later Byzantine) Empire and successive Iranian empires that shaped the political and military balance of power in the ancient Near East.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628	4
Roman–Sasanian Wars	3
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591	2
Byzantine–Sasanian Wars	2
Byzantine–Sassanian War of 602–628	1
Byzantine–Sassanian wars	1
Roman–Persian wars	1
Roman–Sasanian War of 337–363	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
about	control of Armenia ⓘ control of Mesopotamia ⓘ control of frontier provinces ⓘ regional hegemony in the Near East ⓘ
causeOf	military exhaustion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ military exhaustion of the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
conflictBetween	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
describedBySource	Ammianus Marcellinus ⓘ Cassius Dio ⓘ Procopius ⓘ
duration	approximately seven centuries ⓘ
endTime	628 ⓘ
followedBy	Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ Muslim conquest of the Levant ⓘ
hasEffect	influenced later Byzantine–Islamic conflicts ⓘ shaped political balance of power in the ancient Near East ⓘ
hasPart	Anastasian War ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 Roman–Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Roman–Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian Wars Iberian War ⓘ Lazic War ⓘ Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 40–33 BC Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 54–53 BC Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman–Sasanian War of 337–363 Roman–Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman–Sasanian Wars
locatedIn	Anatolia ⓘ Ancient Near East ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Syria ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
opponentOf	Parthian Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
partOf	history of Iran ⓘ history of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ history of the Roman Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Carrhae ⓘ Battle of Dara (530) ⓘ Battle of Edessa (260) ⓘ Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ Siege of Antioch (540) ⓘ Siege of Constantinople (626) ⓘ
startTime	92 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Empire → conflict → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Sassanian wars

Emperor Gordian III → conflict → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

this entity surface form: Roman–Sasanian Wars

Justinian dynasty → conflict → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591

Palmyrene region → conflictHistory → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Persian wars

Arab–Byzantine wars → followed → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

Justinianic reconquests → followedBy → Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Sassanian War of 602–628