Avar–Sasanian coalition

E916385

historical coalition military alliance

The Avar–Sasanian coalition was a temporary 7th-century military alliance between the Avar Khaganate and the Sasanian Persian Empire formed to challenge Byzantine power, most notably in their joint campaign against Constantinople.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Avar–Sasanian coalition canonical	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical coalition ⓘ military alliance ⓘ
activeInCentury	7th century ⓘ
aimedTo	challenge Byzantine power ⓘ
characteristic	opportunistic cooperation ⓘ temporary alliance ⓘ
conflict	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	contributed to exhaustion of Sasanian Empire before Arab conquests ⓘ strengthening of Byzantine position under Heraclius ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
formedBy	Avar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFocus	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSources	Armenian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
hasParticipant	Avar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	decline of the Sasanian Empire ⓘ late antique warfare ⓘ
notableEvent	Siege of Constantinople (626) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	joint campaign against Constantinople ⓘ
opposedBy	Heraclius NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Avar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian–Byzantine wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	failure to capture Constantinople ⓘ
temporalExtent	early 7th century ⓘ
typeOfAlliance	anti-Byzantine coalition ⓘ

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Subject: Avar–Sasanian coalition
Description of subject: The Avar–Sasanian coalition was a temporary 7th-century military alliance between the Avar Khaganate and the Sasanian Persian Empire formed to challenge Byzantine power, most notably in their joint campaign against Constantinople.

Referenced by (1)

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Siege of Constantinople (626) → alliance → Avar–Sasanian coalition ⓘ