Heraclius' campaign of 622

Heraclius' campaign of 622
	Part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
Date	622
Location	Cappadocia (present day Turkey)
Result	Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Sassanid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Heraclius	Shahrbaraz
Strength
Unknown	Unknown

Heraclius' campaign of 622, erroneously also known as the Battle of Issus, was a major campaign in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 by emperor Heraclius that culminated in a crushing Byzantine victory in Anatolia.

In 622, the

Pylae in Bithynia (not in Cilicia).^[2] He spent the summer training so as to improve the skills of his men and his own generalship. In the autumn, Heraclius threatened the Persian communications to Anatolia from the Euphrates valley by marching to northern Cappadocia. This forced the Persian forces in Anatolia under Shahrbaraz to retreat from the front-lines of Bithynia and Galatia to eastern Anatolia in order to block his access to Persia.^[3]

What followed next is not entirely clear, but Heraclius certainly won a crushing victory over

Avars, and left his army to winter in Pontus.^[4]

References

^ Kaegi 2003, p. 112
^ James Howard-Johnston, Heraclius’ Persian Campaigns and the Revival of the East Roman Empire 622–630, in: War in History 6 (1999), pp. 1–44, especially p. 3f., note 11.
^ ^a ^b Kaegi 2003, p. 115
^ Kaegi 2003, p. 116

Bibliography

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[1] Kaegi 2003, p. 112

[2] James Howard-Johnston, Heraclius’ Persian Campaigns and the Revival of the East Roman Empire 622–630, in: War in History 6 (1999), pp. 1–44, especially p. 3f., note 11.

[Kaegi115-3] Kaegi 2003, p. 115

[4] Kaegi 2003, p. 116

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