Event Aksumite-Persian wars

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Were a protracted series of armed engagements between the Sasanian Persian Empire and the Aksumite Empire for control over the waning Himyarite Kingdom in southern Arabia (modern-day Yemen) in the 6th century CE.

Chronology

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  • January 576: In 575, the war resumed again, after Saif was killed by Axumites. The Persian general Vahrez led another army of 8000, ending Axum rule in Yemen.
  • January 571: After the Battle of Hadhramaut and the Siege of Sana'a in 570, the Aksumites were expelled from the Arabian peninsula.
  • January 576: Aksum re-established its power.

1. Sassanid conquest of Aden

The Sassanid Empire annexed Aden around 570 CE.

  • January 571: The Sasanid Empire annexed Aden around 570 CE.