August 20, 636. Battles that change history: the battle of Yarmuk, the fall of the two great empires of antiquity, Roman and Persian, and the rise of a new faith.
August 20, 636. Battles that change history: the battle of Yarmuk, the fall of the two great empires of antiquity, Roman and Persian, and the rise of a new faith. 1ยบ. The 7th century began badly for the Roman-Eastern Empire... and ended worse. Maurice was a competent emperor-general (the first in 200 years to personally put himself in charge of the legions), but he lacked "psychological empathy" for his troops: the reductions of the soldiers' pay, the refusal to pay ransoms for the prisoners, and the intention to force them to winter north of the Danube provoked the uprising (602) of the armies, which proclaimed emperor the centurion Phokas, and executed Maurice and his sons, putting an end to the dynasty of Justinian. By then, the Empire still controlled the Mediterranean and 2/3 of the old Empire. But **King Khosrow II of Persia**, who owed his throne to Mauritius, with the excuse of avenging him, **invaded the Empire**. Meanwhile, **in 608 a rebellion broke out in Car...