Byzantine night 2. Against the Avars and the Sassanids. Koltashov V.G.

The last decades of the VI century. Byzantium hardly restrains the onslaught of the Slavs and nomads of the Avars from the north. Langobards torment Italy. The new emperor Mauritius is trying to put things in order, deceive the barbarians and defeat the Persians - Sassanids. At this time, the adoptive son of a cursory Roman Senator Ambrose learns, loves, participates in the campaigns of the squads and adventures of his father. Having grown among the barbarians, this former slave from Thrace does not yet know what the war against the Avars and the abduction of the Roman Dani Kagan Bayan will turn out for him.

Will Ambrose be by the will of circumstances in Syria, Mesopotamia or Armenia? Will he see a wonderful Antioch, will he find happiness and friends in return for those lost? What will he see the battles in the ranks of the XIV Syrian legion and peaceful life in the Roman East? What will the people of the empire and their customs appear before him? What will the old books and their own observation open? What impudent actions will he do in the name of passion and comprehension of life? Will the Thessaloniki stand under the onslaught of the wings? Will Avara prevail over them? Will Mauritius be able, his strategists and officials to succeed in the fight against the Persians, curb the crowd, replenish the treasury and eradicate heresies?