700 ЛЕТ ВОЙНЫ ВПУСТУЮ: Как Рим и Персия уничтожили друг друга.

   • Поворотные моменты истории: Битвы и событи...   In 626 AD, Constantinople, the greatest city in Christendom, found itself caught in a pincer movement. On one bank, the victorious Persian army gazed down upon it; on the other, the savage horde of Avars roared beneath its walls. It was the culmination, the apotheosis, of a struggle that had lasted nearly seven hundred years. The story of the greatest confrontation in the ancient world: on one side, Rome and its successor, Byzantium, the world of legions and the Christian faith; on the other, Iran, first represented by Parthia and then the Sassanid Empire, a world of proud horsemen and Zoroastrian fire. This is the tragedy of two superpowers who, in their endless war, exhausted each other to such an extent that they failed to notice a third force advancing from the desert, ready to wipe them off the face of the earth. IN THIS STORY YOU WILL LEARN: *GOLDEN GREED AND THE PARTHIAN SHOT.* How it all began: the story of the richest Roman, Marcus Crassus, who, chasing the glory of Alexander the Great, led his legions into the desert and was routed at Carrhae. The legend of how, while dead, molten gold was poured down his throat. *THE KNEELING EMPEROR: THE SHAME OF VALERIAN.* We will witness the greatest humiliation in Roman history. How the powerful Persian king Shapur I routed the Roman army, captured Emperor Valerian himself, and, according to legend, used him as a living mount to mount his horse. *THE REBELLION OF QUEEN ZENOBIA.* As the Roman Empire was crumbling, a new power arose from the Syrian desert—the Kingdom of Palmyra, led by the legendary and ambitious Queen Zenobia, who challenged both Rome and Persia. *THE LAST WAR OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE CRUSADE OF HERAQLIUS.* The apocalyptic finale of a centuries-long conflict. How the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, having lost almost his entire empire and the most sacred Christian relic, the True Cross, staged an incredible comeback, turning the war into a holy one and crushing the Sassanid Empire on its own soil. *THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON: AN UNEXPECTED ENDING.* Discover why the Seven Hundred Years' War led to an unexpected ending. How, exhausted and bled dry in the final battle, Byzantium and Persia found themselves defenseless against a new force emerging from Arabia—the armies of Islam, which forever changed the map of the world. Join us as we trace the entire 700-year journey of the great conflict—from the arrogance of Crassus to the triumph and tragedy of Heraclius. Sleep Lectures, Bedtime Stories, Sleep Stories