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• Clear paid 30,000 soldi a year to Persia (Syriac Chronicle of Joshua Stylites, Menander Protector until 562- very unwise not to pay this at time of going to war with much larger sums. Negligible amount in comparison now wonder Persians went to war.
• Must have been something else in these payments.
• 532 Justinian pays 110,000 pounds of gold for allegedly eternal peace advance payment of 264 years. 20 years later, after 10 of war, much more demands
• 502-6 war initiated by Anastasius’ refusal to grant Kawad 1 loan.
• Advance payments when Persia in need or pressure might be bought to bear + diplomatic costs, made alliance unattractive.
• 441-442 T2 under pressure from Huns in north, great expedition of war and see why not afford want to pay Persian esp Yadzgard insistence on advance payments - decision intelligible.
• Psychological effects we see Firdawsi’s Shahnameh seeing payments as a tribute (Persian propaganda) Joshua Stylites has to say not a tribute.
• Not surprising that they were never safe to aid the west when were Persians going to come up with an excessive demand? Paying demands tarnished reputation as giving in to Persia but war more costly. Attempts by end of Yazdgard to create a defence system autonomous of Persian influence, at whatever cost, attempts to resist payment and compliance.

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