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Heraclius
[ her-uh-klahy-uhs, hi-rak-lee-uhs ]
noun
- a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
Heraclius
/ hɛˈræklɪəs /
noun
- Heraclius?575641MByzantinePOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?575–641 ad , Byzantine emperor, who restored the Holy Cross to Jerusalem (629)
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At that time the greatest man who ever occupied the chair of the Eastern Cæsars, viz., Heraclius, was at the head of affairs.
Suidas says that Heraclius destroyed the Persian cities and overthrew their Pyreia.
At one time Heraclius had determined to abandon that city, and make Carthage the metropolis of the empire.
Heraclius, the Roman emperor, struggled valiantly to retain his possessions.
To him also came a message identical with that sent to Heraclius.
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