Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I ngā tau i muri mai, he tino pai te āhuarangi me te mahi tahi i waenganui i ngā mana nui e rua o te Middle East. Heoi, i taua wā, i te mea i arotahi a Justinian i tōna kaha me ōna rauemi ki ōna pakanga whakaoranga
i te hunga Vandals, i Itari hoki i te hunga Goths, ka warewaretia ngā parenga o te Rāwhiti. I whakaatuhia tenei he waimarie koura mo Khosrau, nana nei i akiaki nga karere Gothic me te hiahia ki te whakakii i ana putea a te kawanatanga me nga taonga, ka tiimata te pakanga hou i te raumati 540.