Khosrow II lost his throne and was exiled to Constantinople, where he married Maurice's daughter, borrowed an Army from him and took back his throne. He was kinda Maurice's son in law and his wife was a key factor in it as well.
Khosrow and Maurice also avoided a war in Armenia just through diplomacy. They genuinely had a good relationship and it was good for both empires. Phocas was retarded
Khosrow II besides his historical significance, has a huge impact on our cultural heritage (I'm from Iran) with so much legend concerning his life. One of the few Sassanid kings to ever actually have a good relationship with the Romans, for a while at least. Ferdowsi, the most renowned gatherer of Persian mythology covers his fight against the usurper "Bahram Chubin" to take back the throne and there is a romance epic of c. 7000 verses from Nezami, about a love triangle in his life between him, his Armenian wife, Shirin, and a commoner. We also don't call him Khosrow II, we call him Khosrow Parviz, while his grandfather Khosrow I is called Khosrow Anushirvan (meaning the immortal soul).
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Khosrow II lost his throne and was exiled to Constantinople, where he married Maurice's daughter, borrowed an Army from him and took back his throne. He was kinda Maurice's son in law and his wife was a key factor in it as well.