Heraclius
Americannoun
noun
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Heraclius died in 641, with the territories he and the Byzantines had fought to retake from the Persians largely lost.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
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 created a new administrative system to try to defend the remaining Byzantine territory: themes.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
On the 10th of March, before his departure from this country, Heraclius consecrated the church of the Hospitallers at Clerkenwell, and the altars of St. John and St. Mary.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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