40 Archaeological Evidence for the Sasanid Persian Invasion of Jerusalem Introduction In May 614, the Sasanid Persians captured Jerusalem after a 20 day siege . 1 Although the impact of the Persian conquest on other parts of Palestine appears to have been minimal, many scholars believe that Jerusalem suffered greatly ( see for example Kaegi 1992 : 45 ; Flusin 1992 : Contemporary Christian accounts describe the damage and destruction of churches . ) 59 - 158 and monasteries ( including the Church of the Holy Sepulcher ) and the slaughter of the city’s Christian cleric and civilian inhabitants . The Persians carried off the most precious Christian relic – the True Cross – and took Zacharias, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to captivity in Persia . The Persians were aided by the local Jewish population, who took revenge on their Christian neighbors and anticipated the restoration of the Temple ( see Flusin 1992 : 152 - 53, 163 ) . The Chronicon Paschale , a contemporary source, describes as f...
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