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
Note the symbolism of the heroic warrior-ruler Heraclius knocking the crown from the head of his rival.
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
In the twenty-four years between 1057 and 1081 were pressed more disasters than had been seen in any other period of East-Roman history, save perhaps the reign of Heraclius.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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