627 · Caucasus and Mesopotamia Theater
627
In a daring strategic gamble, Heraclius allied with the Göktürks of the steppe, marched through the Caucasus, and drove deep into the Persian heartland from the north — bypassing the Persian field armies to strike at the empire's undefended core, sacking Khosrow's palace at Dastagird and threatening the capital, Ctesiphon.
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