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Heraclius

[her-uh-klahy-uhs, hi-rak-lee-uhs]

noun

  1. a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.



Heraclius

/ hɛˈræklɪəs /

noun

  1. ?575–641 ad , Byzantine emperor, who restored the Holy Cross to Jerusalem (629)

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Heraclius is spreading the word.

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David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign.

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Heraclius, in his bloody Byzantine victory over Persia, is thought to have beheaded the Sasanian commander.

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“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!”

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In the Atlantic several years ago, Megan Garber began a fascinating article on the subject by citing the seventh-century Roman emperor Heraclius, whose army was depleted but who still needed to impress an enemy leader with his strength.

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