ABSTRACT
Despite the breakdown of negotiations about the adoption of Khusro in 524/5, it was not until 530 that full-scale warfare on the main eastern frontier broke out. In the intervening years, the two sides preferred to wage war by proxy, through Arab allies in the south and Huns in the north. Although the Emperor Justin died in August 527, the transfer of power to his co-ruler Justinian was peaceful and straightforward.
