Syria had suffered terribly during the Persian wars. Cities changed hands from the Byzantines, to Jewish revolutionaries, to the Persians and back to the Empire again. Continue reading “The Roman Empire loses Syria to the Arabs (7th century AD)”
ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Syria had suffered terribly during the Persian wars. Cities changed hands from the Byzantines, to Jewish revolutionaries, to the Persians and back to the Empire again. Continue reading “The Roman Empire loses Syria to the Arabs (7th century AD)”