Jerusalem 614: The Persian Conquest That Burned the Holy Sepulchre

In 614 CE, the Sasanian Persian army under General Shahrbaraz swept through the Levant, breaching Jerusalem's walls after a twenty-day siege. Lucas and Luna explore how the Persians, allied with Jewish forces led by Nehemiah ben Hushiel, captured the city, massacred thousands, and burned the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They uncover the complex web of Byzantine-Persian rivalry, the role of the True Cross as a battle standard, and the controversial figure of Modestus, who restored the church afterward. The episode also touches on the shifting Christian eschatology that followed and the eventual Byzantine reconquest under Heraclius. A little-known chapter that reshaped the holy city's fate and set the stage for the Muslim conquest just decades later.

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