PPT-Daras

Author : tawny-fly | Published Date : 2017-07-14

530 Strategic Context After a long period of peace the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires fight a war 502506 followed by a twentyyear truce In 526 tensions rise between

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530 Strategic Context After a long period of peace the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires fight a war 502506 followed by a twentyyear truce In 526 tensions rise between the two Empires and fighting begins to escalate After a successful Byzantine raid into Sassanid Armenia in 529 Firuz leads a Sassanid army into Mesopotamia to capture the Byzantine fortress of Daras Belisarius constructs a wide ditch and leads the Byzantine defenders outside Daras walls to do battle He then sends a message to Firuz suggesting a short armistice to hold negotiations Firuz interprets these two actions as a sign of weakness and resolves to attack. www.an - daras.com Old Uncle Pengerric so brave did brag, Of ore in Brandy bal; 'Come fork out your money, my Christian friends, Your fortunes treble all'. Now Uncle was reckoned a preac

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