Nov 20

Iran DeclaredWar Against Eastern Roman Empire In November 502 AD.

This piece of history will be completely edited later          On 20 November 502 AD, the government of Iran (during the reign of Qobad Sassanid) declared war against East Rome (Constantinople). War was announced after three consecutive warnings to the Roman government for not keeping to its commitments, which were agreed upon in the treaty of 442 AD (signed by Yazdgard II and Theodorous). In the three official warnings the Roman government was blamed of deliberately not implementing some conditions of the treaty and it was reiterated that continuation of negligence of the rules would not be tolerated any more. Following declaration of war, the Iranian army units captured some areas of the Roman territory, including Theodoropoulos, and then Anastasius, the new Roman emperor requested cessation of hostilities. The 442 AD treaty was signed after attack of the Romans on Iranian territory in Caucasus and their defeat in Darband area from the Iranian army. Theodorous, the then emperor, famous as Theodor the Great,      gave the excuse that the intention of the Roman forces was to prevent penetration of the invading tribes from Central Asia, and not conquest of Darband, the Iranian territory. According to the 442 AD treaty, the Iranian government had accepted to prevent invasion of immigrants from Central Asia to the Roman territory, in lieu of receiving money from Constantinople government.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)