SECTION XIV.
The invasion and conquest of Hamyar by the Persians, afforded a pretext for continuing the wars between the king and the Romans; the latter complained of the hostility of the Persians towards their ally the king of Ethiopia, and the Persians easily found causes for complaints in return.[1] In the beginning of the reign of Maurice this war was not ended,[2] and the Saracens still attended the Roman army for the purpose of reconnoitring the enemy, and making incursions into his territories;[3] but they began to be the subject of great distrust, on account of their inconstancy and faithlessness.[4] A continued peace lasted during the reign of Khosroës Parviz, who, on the usurpation of Baharam, had been escorted through the desert by the Arab chiefs[5] to the territory of Rome, and had recovered the throne of his ancestors by the assistance of
- ↑ Theophylact. Symocatta, Hist. lib. iii. c. 9.
- ↑ Theophylact. lib. i. cc. 9, 12, 13, et seq. lib. ii. c. 1, &c.
- ↑ Id. lib. ii. c. 10.
- ↑ Απιστοτατον γαρ και αλλοπροσαλλον το Σαρακηνικον φυλον καθεστηκε, παγιον τε τον νουν και την γνωμην προς το σωφρον ἱδυμενην ουκ εχον. Theophylact. lib. iii. c. 17.
- ↑ Nikbi ben Massoud, in the Notices et Extraits de la Bibliothèque du Roi, tom. ii. p. 354, et seq.
