"Roman Empire vs Islam - First Contact " Topic
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| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2016 1:02 p.m. PST |
"For 26 years the Roman and Persian Empires had been in the death grip war of all death grip wars. The 700 years of war between the empires came down to this one life and death conflict. Only one empire would survive the encounter. The Roman Empire nearly ceased to exist. The Persians conquered massive territories in the east, south and in Africa. Meanwhile the Avars and Slavs overran the Balkans and with the help of the Persians laid siege to Constantinople itself in 626.
Things were so bad that the Emperor Heracilus considered abandoning Constantinople and moving the capital to Carthage in Africa. The Patriarch Sergius convinced the Emperor to stay and put the wealth of the church at the service of the state to finance the wars…"
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dilettante  | 03 Jul 2016 1:49 p.m. PST |
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finally paints the first of his Gauls...
