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| ID |
5486 |
| Text |
Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
| Quotation |
Τούτῳ τῷ ἕτει ἀπὸ μηνὸς Σεπτεμβϱίου εἰσβαλὼν ἐν Πεϱσίδι Ἡϱάϰλειος σὺν τοῖς Τούϱϰοις ἀπϱοσδοϰήτως διὰ τὸν χειμῶνα εἰς ἕϰστασιν ἐνέβαλε τὸν Χασϱόην τοῦτο μαϑόντα. οἱ δὲ Τοῦϱϰοι τόν τε χειμῶνα οϱῶντες ϰαὶ τὰς συνεχεῖς ἐπιδϱομὰς τῶν Πεϱςὼν, μὴ ὕποφέϱοντες συγϰοπιᾷν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἤϱξαντο ϰατ’ ὀλίγον ὑποϱϱέειν, ϰαὶ πάντες ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστϱεψαν. |
| Translation |
AM 6118 (625/26) (p. 448)
In this year the emperor Herakleios, by invading Persia together with the Turks starting in the month of September – an unexpected move, since it was winter – threw Chosroes into a state of distraction when the news had reached him. But the Turks, in view of the winter and the constant attacks of the Persians, could not bear to toil together with the emperor and started, little by little, to slip away until all of them had left and returned home. |
| Summary |
Heraclius decides on an attack on Persia during winter, surprising his enemies, but also alienating and losing his Turkish allies. |
| Quotation source |
AM 6118 (625/26) (p. 317.11-16) |
| Temporal Coverage |
626 - 626 |
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