Battle of Nineveh (627)

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The Battle of Nineveh (627) was a decisive late-antique clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Persians that effectively ended the long Roman–Persian conflict in Byzantium’s favor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Nineveh (AD 627) ⓘ
associatedRuler Khosrow II ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
campaignOf Heraclius’ counteroffensive against Persia ⓘ
combatantStrength Byzantine army with allied contingents ⓘ
Sasanian field army ⓘ
commandedBySide Byzantine Empire – Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Heraclius

Sasanian Empire – Rhazates ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
commander Heraclius ⓘ
Rhazates ⓘ
Shahrbaraz ⓘ
conflictBetween Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
contributedTo collapse of Khosrow II’s regime ⓘ
subsequent civil wars in the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
date 627-12-12 ⓘ
decisiveAgainst Sasanian Empire ⓘ
decisiveFor Byzantine Empire ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine advance toward Ctesiphon (627–628) ⓘ
overthrow of Khosrow II ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
historicalRegion Assyria ⓘ
involvedReligion Christian Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
location near ancient Nineveh ⓘ
near the Great Zab River ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
militaryTheater Mesopotamian front of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
near ruins of ancient Nineveh ⓘ
opponentCommander Rhazates ⓘ
Sasanian generals ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine campaigns in Mesopotamia (627) ⓘ
relatedEvent Byzantine recovery of the True Cross ⓘ
linked to: the True Cross

Sack of Jerusalem (614) ⓘ
result decisive Byzantine victory ⓘ
significance effectively ended the long Roman–Persian conflict in Byzantium’s favor ⓘ
paved the way for a favorable peace treaty for Byzantium ⓘ
weakened the Sasanian Empire shortly before the early Islamic conquests ⓘ
tacticsUsed feigned retreat by Byzantine forces ⓘ
pitched field battle in open terrain ⓘ
year 627 ⓘ

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Roman–Persian Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ
Heraclius → militaryConflict → Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ
Sasanian Empire → notableBattle → Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ
Battle of Nineveh (627) → precededBy → Byzantine campaigns in Mesopotamia (627) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nineveh (627)
Battle of Nineveh (627) → followedBy → Byzantine advance toward Ctesiphon (627–628) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nineveh (627)
Battle of Nineveh (627) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Nineveh (AD 627) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nineveh (627)
Byzantine armed forces → significantBattle → Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ
Sasanian Persian forces → notableBattle → Battle of Nineveh (627) ⓘ
Rhazates → battle → Battle of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nineveh (627)
Rhazates → killedIn → Battle of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nineveh (627)