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Mihran: The Armenian Mercenary Who Shook Byzantium
In the waning days of the Byzantine Empire, few figures loom as large—or as contradictory—as Mihran, the Armenian mercenary commander who became a master of political betrayal. This episode unpacks the career of Mihran, a general who fought for Byzantium, the Persian Sassanids, and the Arab Umayyads across the 6th and 7th centuries. We explore how Armenian military elites leveraged their expertise to navigate crumbling empires, the sack of the Byzantine treasure city of Dvin, and the Battle of the River in 659. Drawing on the chronicles of Sebeos and Movses Khorenatsi, we examine the thin…
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