Ancient shipwrecks have shone new light on how and when the Eastern Roman Empire began its 1,000 year decline and eventual fall ...

The Roman Empires had fought a series of wars with pre-Islamic Persian dynasties from 92 BC to the 7th century AD - when the Muslim conquest of Persia caused the downfall of the Sasanian Empire.

Some believe that the Roman-Persian War of 602–628 AD, including the 14 years of conquest of Judea/Palestine (modern Israel and the West Bank) and Egypt, and the Islamic conquest after the Battle of ...