Heraclius
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
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 had shown great confidence in the strength of Constantinople and the courage of its defenders.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
