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Heraclius

American  
[her-uh-klahy-uhs, hi-rak-lee-uhs] / ˌhɛr əˈklaɪ əs, hɪˈræk li əs /

noun

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


Heraclius British  
/ hɛˈræklɪəs /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Despite his accomplishments, Heraclius had placed all his focus and state expenditures on the war itself rather than on truly governing the empire.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Phocas, facing upheaval within his empire aside from the war with the Persians, was deposed and then executed in 610 by the newly declared emperor Heraclius.

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

Having thus secured his eastern frontier, Heraclius returned to Constantinople with ample spoils, including the true cross, which in 629 he brought back in person to Jerusalem.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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