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Heraclius (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, translit. Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas. Heraclius's reign was marked by several military campaigns.
Apr 22, 2024 · Heraclius (born c. 575, Cappadocia—died Feb. 11, 641, Constantinople) was an Eastern Roman emperor (610–641) who reorganized and strengthened the imperial administration and the imperial armies but who, nevertheless, lost Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Byzantine Mesopotamia to the Arab Muslims.
Feb 8, 2023 · Heraclius (Herakleios) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641 CE. He crushed the Persian empire and returned the looted True Cross to Jerusalem, but the second half of his reign was beset...
Aug 23, 2022 · The reign of Heraclius was marked by many successful military campaigns, as he stepped onto the throne when the Roman Empire was threatened by many external and internal factors. Yet, Heraclius faced the Persians, an empire both old and powerful.
Jun 11, 2018 · Heraclius (ca. 575-641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. Ascending the throne when the empire seemed on the point of dissolution, he saved it from its immediate foes and gave it new institutional and cultural direction. Born in Cappadocia, Heraclius was apparently of Armenian origins.
The Heraclians presided over a period of cataclysmic events that were a watershed in the history of the Empire and the world. Heraclius, the founder of his dynasty, was of Armenian and Cappadocian (Greek) origin.
Heraclius, son of Heraclius, Exarch of Africa, who was of Armenian origin, played a principal part in his father's revolt against the unpopular Emperor Phocas (602–610). He sailed to Constantinople with an expeditionary force, overthrew and executed Phocas, and was proclaimed emperor.
Oct 13, 2022 · Emperor Heraclius seized the throne in 610 CE, and beat back the Persians by 628 CE. However, after Heraclius’ victory against the Persians, he had taken such losses that he was unable to defend the empire against the Arabs, and so they again lost the lands they had just reconquered by 641 CE.
Heraclius (Herakleios) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641 CE. He crushed the Persian empire and returned the looted True Cross to Jerusalem, but the second half of his reign was beset...
May 15, 2012 · Emperor Heraclius (ca. 575–641) came to power in 610 after instigating an overthrow of the reputedly tyrannical Emperor Phokas. Entering Constantinople, so the story goes, Heraclius captured Phocas and demanded: "Is this how you have ruled, wretch?" The belittled emperor replied, "And will you rule better?"
