What significant achievement did Maurice accomplish in the South Caucasus?
Built a wall
Ended gold payments to Persians
Established a new capital
Converted locals to Christianity
Answer
Maurice's successful conclusion of the war with Sasanian Persia led to the expansion of the empire's eastern border in the South Caucasus. For the first time in nearly two centuries, the Romans no longer had to pay the Persians thousands of pounds of gold annually for peace.
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