Khosrau, in gratitude for Maurice’s support, abandons…

Khosrau, in gratitude for Maurice’s support, abandons the frontier cities and the claims to Armenia, the two major sources of contention between Constantinople and Ctesiphon.

Under the agreement, Constantinople ceases payments to Persia for forts in the Caucasus.

The terms of the treaty give the Romans access, in Armenia, to a land rich in the soldiers it desperately needs and, equally important, an opportunity to concentrate on other frontiers where the situation has worsened.

Khosrau is swiftly reinstated upon the Persian throne, and as agreed upon returns Dara and …