Nineveh 627 A.D - Epic Symphony

You can buy this track and more of my work here: Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Psalm 135 section is from the traditional repertoire of Orthodox Byzantine Chant and was not written by me. This is a long form piece about the Battle of Nineveh, fought on December 12, 627 A.D, between the Eastern Roman Empire, and the dying Sasanian empire. It was effectively the last great confrontation of the Roman-Iranian wars (I don’t use the term Roman-Persian wars because it’s usage is indefensible; 2 centuries of these conflicts were fought against the Parthians, who are called so because they were Parthians, not Persians. Iranian more accurately describes both groups, as both the Parthian Arsacids and the Persian Sasanids were Iranian). The Battle of Nineveh was the culmination of the war of 602-628 between the empire of Heraclius and the empire of Khosrow II. Heraclius helmed the army himself whilst general Rhahzadh of Armenia le