Sabrian Wars

The two empires before the war.

The Sabrian Wars were a series of two wars between 656 and 692 CE fought between the Makedonian Empire and the Sabrian Empire. The First Sabrian War was fought between 656-661 CE over the eastern Siduri coastline. The Second Sabrian War occurred between 680-692 CE and was fought primarily at sea on the island of Lirinya. The wars pitted the two dominant powers of Siduri at the time against each other, the Makedonians controlling much of northern Siduri from coast to coast, while the Sabrian Empire dominated eastern Siduri.

A principle naval power, the Sabrians had amassed a large empire spread out over much of eastern Siduri and the coast of southeast Eracura, as well as exercising de-facto control of the Cacertian isles. In 638 CE Deinokrates III began his conquest of Quenmin, which brought the Makedonians into contact, and eventual conflict, with Sabrian holdings along the Quenminese coast. The First Sabrian War broke out in 656 CE following the Makedonian capture of Sabrian ports within Quenmin and over the course of five years the Makedonians steadily reduced the Sabrian presence along the continent. In the process of doing so, the Makedonians exercised complete control of Quenmin and established a foothold in neighboring Knichus. Sabrian dominance of the seas allowed Sabria to continue to resupply its forces on the continent which eventually led to a cessation of hostilities in 661 CE.

The ascension of Heliodoros to the Makedonian throne in 677 led to a renewal of tensions with Sabria resulting in the Makedonians breaking the peace treaty in 680. By 683 the Sabrians had effectively been pushed entirely out of Siduri proper, but Heliodoros followed up with an extended naval campaign and launched an invasion of Lirinya in 687. Initially successful, the Makedonians conquered nearly a quarter of the island before the Sabrian general Quintus Valentinus inflicted a decisive defeat at the Battle of Asakumo in 690 CE which halted the Makedonian campaign and re-establishing Sabrian control over Lirinya. A second peace treaty was signed in 692, permanently ending hostilities between the two powers.

Both powers were exhausted by the wars and it is believed to have contributed in part to their decline. Despite their victory in the second conflict, the Sabrian Empire was left bankrupt by the defeat as most of its continental holdings gone. This left Sabria left devoid of much of its wealth and power which had relied heavily on its now-shattered trade networks. Throughout much of the 8th and 9th centuries Sabria was wracked by several internal conflicts and entered into steep decline, eventually dissolving in 858 CE. The Makedonian Empire would end the war at it's greatest territorial extent, but steadily declined in the coming centuries. Between 800 CE to 1100 CE the Makdonians gradually lost control of eastern Siduri as Quenminese rebellions and the rise of the Arkoennites steadily reduced Makedonian influence while the rise of Islamic caliphates in Mansuriyyah further divided the Empire's attention.

Heavily studied by historians, the Sabrian Wars involved participants from all over Tyran in the form of levy soldiers and mercenaries fielded by both sides. Both empires fielded large armies and navies resulting in some of the largest battles of late antiquity with many battlefields remaining popular archeological sites and tourist attractions. More than a thousand treatises and studies have been published on the wars since their conclusion over a millennia ago, and the wars are extensively covered in the historical education of both Syara and Cacerta.