• Middle East AD 500

The Middle East remains divided between the two superpowers of the region, the Roman empire in the west (now ruled from Constantinople) and the Persian empire in the east. The Persian empire has been ruled by the Sassanian dynasty since the early Third century, and they have proved more aggressive and formidable opponents of the Romans than their Parthian predecessors.

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