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Heraclius' campaign of 622

Years: 622 - 622

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

"Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?"

― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator (46 BCE)