War breaks out between Constantinople and Ctesiphon …
Years: 421 - 421
War breaks out between Constantinople and Ctesiphon because of the refusal of Theodosius to return to the Persians the Christians who have sought refuge from persecution in his empire.
In addition, the Persians have proven unwilling to return to the Romans gold-miners who had been working in Persian territory; they have also confiscated goods from Roman merchants.
Ardaburius, the emperor's magister militum praesentalis, conducts an invasion of Arzanene by way of Armenia.
After defeating the Persian commander Mihr-Narseh, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Christianity, Nicene
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
