The 'great king' who used the killing of Emperor Maurice as a pretext to break the peace treaty and invade Byzantine territory, ultimately taking Mesopotamia, Armenia, Cappadocia, Jerusalem, and Egypt. Mentally unstable by the end — he had the body of his failed general Shaheen whipped beyond recognition — he was eventually overthrown and imprisoned in the Tower of Darkness, where his children were executed before him and he was slowly shot to death with arrows.
Also known as: Kosros · Kostros · Chosroes II · Khusraw II
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Episode 8 (1 mention)
“king Kostros, advising him to attack now that the empire was distracted by Italy. The Gothic”
Episode 10 (10 mentions)
The 'great king' who used the killing of Emperor Maurice as a pretext to break the peace treaty and invade Byzantine territory, ultimately taking Mesopotamia, Armenia, Cappadocia, Jerusalem, and Egypt. Mentally unstable by the end — he had the body of his failed general Shaheen whipped beyond recognition — he was eventually overthrown and imprisoned in the Tower of Darkness, where his children were executed before him and he was slowly shot to death with arrows.
“The great king Kosros, using the killing of the former emperor as a pretext, broke”
“When the news reached Kostros, he ordered the body packed into salt and brought to him.”
“Returning the way he had come, he intercepted another letter from Kostros to Sharbaraz.”
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