>In 540, the Persian Emperor Khosrow I managed to capture the ancient city of Antioch from the Byzantine Empire, taking the cities population as well as captured garrison soldiers prisoner.

>Rather than enslaving them, he had the cities design copied exactly before it was destroyed and the citizen population forcibly transferred to modern Iraq where he had an exact copy of Antioch built to house the Antiochans and did everything possible to meet their desires to compel them to remain.

>This city he named Wēh Antīōk Khosrow, "Khosrow's Better Antioch", or more literally, "better than Antioch, Khosrow built this"

>>212353196 (OP)
>Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire

>>212353213
Good post

>>212353213
Same thing

>>212353196 (OP)
Do Persian girls like American boys?

>>212353196 (OP)
How would you, as Roman Emperor, respond to this without sounding mad?

>>212353714
Yes.

>>212353869
Even after we bombed them?

>>212353714
They are black only.

>>212354142
*Black haired Irish boys only

>>212353196 (OP)
Romaners shocked!

>>212354142
Fuck no, I am the Iranian womon who occasionally comes on here and while I am not genuinely racist, we don’t like black guys. Don’t lie to him
>>212354188
Irish dudes are very handsome

>>212354499
Were you born there or did you grow up in the US? Do most Iranians assimilate to US culture quickly or do successive generations still kind of stick amongst themselves in your experience?

>>212354651
Born here, they assimilate quickly. I hear it’s not the case in other countries though.

>>212353213
The Chinks weren't fooled by Greek LARPers and had different names for the Romans and the Byzantines.

>>212354821
Are the Chinese supposed to be the ultimate arbiters of who is and isn’t Roman?

>>212354720
I wonder why the US is so ridiculously good at that. Canada and Australia are like the exact same countries but somehow uber shit at integrating immigrants. Within one generation, sometimes less most US immigrants are like this

>>212356267
Yup, fully agree

>>212356267
because America is Brazil

>>212356822
We are similar but very distinct

>>212353196 (OP)
Insanely powerful move

>>212353196 (OP)

>>212354402
> Reichsadler necklace
>cds glued to her wall as decoration

>>212358789
>reichsadler
Can’t even tell if baiting or just american

>>212358789
You are quoting these things like these are revelations that mean something

>>212358789
That’s a Zoroastrian necklace dummy

>>212358789
that a zoroaster eagle necklace

>>212353196 (OP)
needs to get raped by the north again

need persian gf

>that’s a Zoroastrian eagle necklace dummy
> I know all about zoroastrianism, my mom’s boyfriend has a book about it!
> CDs are like the new vinyl. I think it’s awesome that kids are getting into them!
> want to come over to my condo later? I’ve got a growler of summer lambic from that brewery down the street and a double pressing of Mellon Collie that we can listen to on my vintage Bose five changer!

>>212361981
Why are you seething so much at people pointing out you were wrong?

>>212354821
>weren't fooled by Greek LARPers
>had different names for the Romans and the Byzantines

>>212361981
Gemstein

>>212354499
Have you posted tits already?

>>212353196 (OP)
>he had the cities design copied exactly before it was destroyed and the citizen population forcibly transferred to modern Iraq where he had an exact copy of Antioch built
Khosrow I had the soul of a shitposter

>>212359479
>>212360822
he’s done you >>212361981

>>212362940
>Justinian sued for peace, and made a treaty with Khosrow that the Iranians would withdraw back to their domains in return for a payment of 50 centenaria plus 5 centenaria extra each year. Part of treaty also included that the Byzantine envoys were to be hostages of Khosrow as an assurance that the Byzantines would honor the agreement. However, before departing, Khosrow went to the port of Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, where he bathed in the Mediterranean Sea. He then told the envoys that he wished to visit the city of Apamea out of interest, which they reluctantly allowed him, with the condition that he would leave for his domains afterwards. There he held chariot races, where he made the Blue Faction—which was supported by Justinian—lose against the rival Greens.

>>212353196 (OP)
Fun fact. When the Sassanids kidnapped or captured people for settlement they usually encouraged them to marry Persian women so they would have a reason not to leave or act up and rewarded them for doing so like with tax breaks. Romans also did the same thing in the 9th century when a large group of Khurramites rebelled against the Arabs because they had been Zoroastrians and some had deviant Islamic beliefs, they were allowed to settle in Anatolia when they almost lost and were encouraged to marry local Roman women for the same reason the Sassanids used. Total Mediterranean-Iranian love.

>>212355655
yes.

>>212363978
trade offer
We receive:
>Antioch (literally taking the whole city home)
>gas money to go home + yearly gratuity
>we'll have a game and win the trophy too
You receive:
>
brilliant performance by the romans here

>>212365825
That’s not a trade offer, they lost bad and the Persians basically drove them out of Syria and cut the empire in half

>>212366214
The Persians only looted places. They didn't occupy any cities. Roman authority returned the moment the shah left, nothing was cut in half.

>>212365825
romans basically lost. it's 540's, those were dark times.