…Colchis, where he halts the Persians by …
Years: 626 - 626
…Colchis, where he halts the Persians by aggressive defensive-offensive operations along the Phasis River.
By attracting the Persian army under Shahin Vahmanzadegan in Anatolia, he provides Theodore with the opportunity to defeat them.
The dejected Shahin falls ill and dies and Khosrau, enraged at Shahin's failure, mistreats the general's corpse, which had been sent to him preserved in salt.
By the end of the summer, Heraclius threatens the communication of the Persians at Chalcedon.
Locations
People
Groups
- Georgians
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Lazica (Egrisi), Kingdom of
- Jews
- Bithynia et Pontus (Roman province)
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Pontus, Diocese of
- Western Turkic Khaganate
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
