Heraclius
Americannoun
noun
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David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
“My beautiful province,” as the seventh-century Byzantine emperor Heraclius called Syria, while retreating from Muslim conquerors, “what a paradise you will be for the enemy!”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2020
Heraclius managed to save the core of the empire, Anatolia and the Balkans, by recruiting free peasants to fight instead of relying on mercenaries.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Heraclius created a new administrative system to try to defend the remaining Byzantine territory: themes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Heraclius took over the empire in such a state of disorder and confusion that he must soon have felt that there was some truth in the dying sneer of Phocas.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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