What the fuck was his problem

>>1532099
for one being a head on a coin
if I had to live like that I'd just kill myself

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>>1532099
Under-estimated Arab ability to fight.
Outplayed by Arab stratagem.
Inability to engage Arabs on favorable ground
Exhaustion from previous wars with Byzantine Empire

There, answered your question OP.

>>1532099
Idk he was probably the most well adjusted ruler in history.

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imagine a world where he won

>>1532143
>implying that's even an argument

>>1532099
He went for an all-out war instead of the old conventional Byzo-Persian warfare in which some border shitholes changed hands.

>>1532137
What the fuck does Khosrau II have to do with the Arabs? He was dead 7 years before the rise of Islam and Arab attacks on the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires.

>>1532143
>rampant Zoroastrianism all over the Near East and Central Asia
Though I heard he was also considering converting the entire Sassanid Empire to Christianity and his favorite son and designated heir was already a baptized Christian.

>>1532137
that would be yazdgird lll

>>1532229
Uh, wasn't he like 12 years old when the Arabs started attacking the Sassanids?

>>1532099
He got lucky with his raids and took the prank too far.

>>1534573
>got lucky
>raids

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>tfw their final war achieved nothing but ruination for the world
>tfw they could saved us from islam