War Between Romans And Persians Lasted 721 Years: One Of The World’s Longest Human Conflicts In History

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians.

The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long and epic struggle with Carthage were brief compared to Rome and Persia’s Near Eastern struggle. The wars between these great empires lasted about 721 years.

At the beginning of the ancient Roman Empire, the conflicts were purely territorial. Ancient Romans used aggressive methods to expand their territories. Later, a religious aspect emerged in the wars as the Eastern Realm of Christendom confronted the Western bounds of Persian Zoroastrianism.

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