Partitioned between Byzantium and Persia

In 591 A.D. Armenia was partitioned between Byzantium and Persia. The first took 60% and the second the remaining 40% of the country. To create a no man’s land between his empire and that of the Persians, Emperor Maurice depopulated the frontier area by transporting 10,000 Armenians to Cyprus, 12,000 to Macedonia, 8,000 to Pergamum (southwest Anatolia) and 10,000 to Thrace in northern Greece.

In 591 A.D. Armenia was partitioned between Byzantium and Persia. The first took 60% and the second the remaining 40% of the country. To create a no man’s land between his empire and that of the Persians, Emperor Maurice depopulated the frontier area by transporting 10,000 Armenians to Cyprus, 12,000 to Macedonia, 8,000 to Pergamum (southwest Anatolia) and 10,000 to Thrace in northern Greece.