Relevance Of Recent War With Persia Essay

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Rationing system does not help the mobility of

Byzantines against Muslims Question marks over command structure and logistics Cases of non-payment ? Arab stipends, waggoners in

Ctesiphon ? 628 ? fiscal and financial difficulties. Persian occupation not totally destructive in

Palestine ? yes Jerusalem but very little elsewhere. Interlude of Persian occupation no economically or

politically favourable to late Roman provinces ? temp. Persian occupation

disruptive p,s,e long term consequences not ruinous. Delicate and

difficult process local recover had begun ? no total restoration of status

of economy, society, culture prior to wars with Persia possible. Empire not in state of collapse at moment of first

Islamic raids ? fiscally, psychologically and militarily unstable ?

potentially volatile.? Decline and

disintegration not inevitable ? events overwhelmed a society that did not

welcome change and wanted to perpetuate late Roman institutions, mentality

and internal status quo. Problems: Avaro-Slavic threat grows in the Balkans,

empire lost any hold Spanish coastline, military forces spread thinly in

Africa, serious danger from Berber and other tribesmen. ? Insufficient

resources to recover Lombardy.