Heraclius Caucasus campaign

Heraclius' Caucasus campaign
Part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

Heraclius' Campaigns against the Sassanids
Date624–625
Location
Result Byzantine victory
Territorial
changes
Byzantines successfully capture the Persian Caucasus
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Heraclius Khosrow II
Shahrbaraz
Shahin
Shahraplakan
Strength
24,000[a] 70,000[b]
Casualties and losses
Unknown, possibility heavy[3] 46,000 to 70,000

Heraclius' Caucasus campaign[c] was an invasion of the Byzantine army into the Caucasus, which belonged to the Sassanids at that time, took place in the period from 624 to 625, as a result, the Greeks captured the Transcaucasia.


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  1. ^ Kaegi 2003, pp. 126–127.
  2. ^ Greatrex 1991, p. 205.
  3. ^ Norwich 2023, p. 190.


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