Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE - Justinian & Theodora - Justinian's Rival - Extra History - Part 9

📜 Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - Part 9 - Extra History A comet flew over the empire for forty days, heralding bad news to come. Raiders struck from the west, coming within mere miles of Constantinople. But the biggest threat lay in the south, where a border dispute threatened to reignite the war between the Romans and the Persians. Since Belisarius was still in Italy, Justinian had to send other generals to attempt to resolve the matter peacefully. Both failed spectacularly. The Persian king Khosrau seized on this as a pretext for invasion. But instead of laying expensive sieges to the cities, he simply extorted them for tribute in exchange for being left alone by his army. As he advanced north, he took advantage of every opportunity to mock Justinian and remind him how little power he had to push the Persians back. Finally, the city of Antioch refused to surrender to Khosrau and he made quick work of it, convincing Justinian at last of the need to pay his own tribute to the Persians to make them go away. This bought him enough time for Belisarius to return, but even his great general was unable to make much progress. At last, he found himself pinned down in an un-winnable fight... which the Persians mysteriously decided not to engage against him. They did not want to risk contact with the Romans, whom they feared were rife with disease. * Watch Extra History ad-free & get 1-week early access on *NEBULA* https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory * Suggest & Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content & 24-hour early access on *PATREON* https://bit.ly/EHPatreon * Show off your fandom with *MERCH* from our store! http://extracredits.store/ *Interested in sponsoring an episode?* Email us: [email protected] TWITTER: http://bit.ly/ECTweet I FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram I TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/ECtiktokz GAMING: https://www.youtube.com/@extracredits I TWITCH: https://bit.ly/ECtwitch *Miss an episode in our Justinian & Theodora Series?* Part 1 - https://youtu.be/H_2E0RxVHH4 Part 2 - https://youtu.be/klq84Z9O4GU Part 3 - https://youtu.be/eGL_M1SQV5E Part 4 - https://youtu.be/_NpDvBX2XEI Part 5 - https://youtu.be/oakBpmsJJ9Q Part 6 - https://youtu.be/0W8wIAV1Pu4 Part 7 - https://youtu.be/oUtEJtBeCaQ Part 8 - https://youtu.be/EO9DuuhNEoE Part 9 - https://youtu.be/aN1imOXR4b4 Part 10 - https://youtu.be/RwXAGiIVsgQ Part 11 - https://youtu.be/I6vn6uRlPL8 Part 12 - https://youtu.be/6oHr-zd6Bew Series Wrap-up & Lies Episode Part 1 - https://youtu.be/FZwsRVgEu3A Series Wrap-up & Lies Episode Part 2 - https://youtu.be/wNs4Lklnky4 ♪ "Monogenes Pais" by Sean and Dean Kiner - https://youtu.be/kSWO0JOKmWA - Available on Patreon! Thanks for the high-quality conversations & for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice Artist: David Hueso I Writer: James Portnow I Voice: Daniel Floyd I Editor: Carrie Floyd ♪ Extra History Theme by Sean & Dean Kiner I ♪ Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 #ExtraHistory #ByzantineEmpire #History