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HERACLIUS, BYZANTINE EMPEROR Reigned Oct. 5, 610, to Feb. 11, 641; b. Cappadocia, c. 575. 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 ...
Aug 3, 2020 · Aug 4, 2020. #3. In terms of men lost, political result and blemishing of reputation: Cannae: Hannibal makes the Romans panic, he inflicted a near total annihilation of the Roman army in the battlefield, it was in Roman territory. Carrhae: Crassus, one of the members of the Triumvirate, died, it also marked a significant setback to Roman ...
Nov 21, 2018 · The reign of Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641, reads like a series of disasters that continued to be visited on his heirs. In between the disasters he had some successes, but he and his heirs ruled over a further loss of territory and the schism of the Church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
Nov 16, 2017 · Michael III, also known as “Michael the Drunkard” by his detractors, was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 842 to 867 CE. Never quite escaping the shadow of his mother Theodora, who ruled as regent in his name until c. 855 CE, or his uncle Bardas, the gifted chief minister, Michael's reign nevertheless saw significant religious and ...
Jul 11, 2013 · xxxxxx said: All Alexios dynasty emperor is the worst with Byzantine. If Alexios dynasty not exsited, Byzantine could still exsited until now. then Constantinople wouldn't be sacked by Crusaders it would be sacked by Seljuk Turks and with it the whole empire.
Jan 28, 2023 · Justinian the Great, or Justinian I, was perhaps the most popular and highly-regarded emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He was born in Tauresium (in present day North Macedonia) circa 482, a few years after the fall of the Roman Empire. Justinian succeeded his uncle Emperor Justin after having spent many years receiving training from his ...
Part of the reason was that he needed the money to pay his armies to fight off a Norman invasion though. 6. Reply. TheGrenadierGuard • 1 yr. ago. The worst dynasty ever came into existence. The great emperors of the ancient, antiquity, and mediaeval were rolling in their sarcophagi. Reply. Imperator_Romulus476 • 1 yr. ago.
