# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khosrow-i
# Generated: 2026-09-01T22:21:45.766Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/khosrow-i"
name: "Khosrow I"
slug: "khosrow-i"
description: "The Sasanian king who turned \"Perpetual Peace\" into a forty-year war, sacked Antioch, drove a Byzantine emperor to madness, and stretched his empire from Yemen to the edge of India — all while his name became synonymous with kingship itself."
tagline: "Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579"
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birthDate: "501"
deathDate: "579"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Khosrow I inherited the Sasanian throne in 531, took Byzantine gold in a peace treaty the following year, then spent the next decades breaking it. In 540, dissatisfied with Byzantine clients and nudged by Ostrogoth envoys, he marched west and sacked Antioch, deporting its population to Persia. He turned Lazica into a protectorate, triggering a grinding war that paused in Syria but never stopped in the Caucasus. In 572, when Justin II broke the truce, Khosrow besieged Dara and took it — the shock reportedly shattered the emperor's mind. Beyond the west, he allied with the Göktürks to crush the Hephthalites, avenging his grandfather's death, and sent forces south to seize Yemen from the Aksumites. He rebuilt cities, reformed the army, patronized literature and philosophy, and left the empire at its greatest reach since Shapur II. He died in 579, his wars still burning, his name already a byword for kingship.