The Battle of Blarathon is fought in 591 near Ganzak between a combined Eastern Roman (Byzantine)-Persian force and a Persian army led by the usurper Bahram Chobin.
“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."