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Heraclius (Greek: Ἡράκλειος Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641), was Eastern Roman 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 Phocas , an unpopular emperor.
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.
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Aug 23, 2021 · Heraclius was a military and political leader who ruled over the Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire from 610 to 641. He began his ascent to power in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, commanded a revolt against the extremely-disliked usurper Phocas. During his reign, he undertook numerous military campaigns.
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.
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.
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.
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?"
