"The Fall of Jerusalem and Antioch Ends Rome in the" Topic

…. Middle East

"Where Eastern Roman military history is addressed at all there are casual references to a single Battle of Yarmouk in 636 AD. "Historians" effectively say the Arabs just magically showed up one day at Yarmouk and defeated a weak Roman Empire.

Nothing could be further from the truth. This series details a Roman-Muslim slug fest taking place over many years and many battles over a huge geographical area.

In 629 AD the Roman Empire was enjoying a much deserved period of peace after a brutal 26 year long war of all wars with the Persian Empire. Finally there was peace. No one in Constantinople had any idea that a fresh invasion from the southern deserts would happen in a matter of months…"
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Armand

There is a casual neglect and ignorance of the Eastern Roman Empire (never known as the 'Byzantine' Empire until after the empire fell in 1453).

The empire lasted for about 1,000 years after Rome fell and protected Europe from eastern invasions from a variety of peoples.

And some of the Eastern Roman generals gave excellent military lessons to the West, but are now usually ignored or forgotten.

Thanks Kevin!.

Armand

Calling the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Western Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire is a convenient distinction. The East had been mutating substantially in the 5th century and certainly by the end Arab invasion in the 7th century would have been unrecognizable in many ways to Constantine the Great.

True… thanks!

Armand