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    several military campaigns. The year Heraclius came to power, the empire was threatened on multiple frontiers. Heraclius immediately took charge of the Byzantine–Sasanian...
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    Heraclius Constantine (Latin: Heraclius novus Constantinus; Greek: Ἡράκλειος νέος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Hērákleios néos Kōnstantĩnos; 3 May 612 – 25...
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  • Heraclius or Eraclius (c. 1128 – 1190/91), was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Heraclius was from the Gévaudan in Auvergne, France...
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    general Heraclius the Elder, Exarch of Africa, revolted, urged on by Priscus, the Count of the Excubitors and son-in-law of Phocas. Heraclius proclaimed...
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  • Heraclius (c. 575–641) was the Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. Heraclius may also refer to: Antipope Heraclius (fl. 309-310), antipope to Pope Eusebius...
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    by the Persian invasion in 1795. Heraclius died in 1798, leaving the throne to his moribund heir, George XII. Heraclius was born on 7 November 1720 (or...
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    capital from his territory, Heraclius led a substantial army and a fleet in 608 to restore order in the Empire. Heraclius gave the command of the army...
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    Heraclius the Elder (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, Herákleios; died 610) was a Byzantine Roman general and the father of Byzantine Roman emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641)...
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    The Jewish revolt against Heraclius was part of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 and is considered the last serious Jewish attempt to regain autonomy...
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    that of Kakheti to his son Heraclius II, as a reward for their loyalty. When Nader Shah died in 1747, Teimuraz II and Heraclius II capitalized on the instability...
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  • his son Kavad, and in April 628 he made a truce with Heraclius. The truce was divisive, as Heraclius' allies continued the war in the Caucasus. In late...
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  • 602–628 by emperor Heraclius that culminated in a crushing Byzantine victory in Anatolia. In 622, the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, was ready to mount...
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    and even some of Anatolia, the resurgence of Heraclius eventually led to the Persians' downfall. Heraclius' campaigns tilted the balance towards the Romans...
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  • Heraclius II can refer to: Heraklonas (626–641), Byzantine co-emperor with Heraclius Constantine 3 May 612 - 25 May 641 Heraclius II of Georgia (1720/1–1798)...
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    Battle of the Yarmuk (category Heraclius)
    conquer Palestine and Egypt. Meanwhile, Heraclius prepared for a counterattack and rebuilt his army. In 622, Heraclius finally launched his offensive. After...
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    Muslim conquest of the Levant (category Heraclius)
    Emperor Heraclius, having received intelligence of the movements of the Muslim armies from his Arab clients, began to plan countermeasures. Upon Heraclius' orders...
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  • June 1786) was a Georgian princess royal (batonishvili), a daughter of Heraclius II, King of Kartli and Kakheti. She was the mother of Solomon II of Imereti...
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    allowing invaders to break into the heartlands of the Empire. Heraclius the Elder's son, Heraclius, took Constantinople on 5 October 610, executed Phocas the...
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    Kartli-Kakheti in eastern Georgia, Heraclius II, who entrusted him various military and administrative tasks. After the death of Heraclius in 1798, he opposed the...
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    children of Heraclius and Martina had been born malformed or died in infancy. The occasion may have been a cause for commemoration. Heraclius had a set...
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  • (6th-century–627), Byzantine statesman and general, active in the reign of Heraclius Bonus (Sirmium), a Byzantine general, active in the reign of Justin II...
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    victory. Heraclius met them at Tigranakert and routed the forces of Shahraplakan and Shahin one after the other. After this victory, Heraclius crossed...
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    Constantine was a son of Emperor Heraclius, while his mother Gregoria was a daughter of Nicetas, a first cousin of Heraclius. Heraclius died in February 641 and...
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    deposed, Heraclius acceded to the shah's pressure. He converted to Islam assuming the title of Nazar Alī Khān in 1676. In reward, Heraclius was confirmed...
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  • Bishop of Saintes. Heraclius was elected in the position and was sent to announce the decision to Charibert I (reigned 561–567). Heraclius' election was part...
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  • 000 ships, and link up with Heraclius, advancing from Tripolitania. Marcellinus was to secure Sicily and Sardinia. Heraclius landed in Tripolitania and...
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  • his seventh oration. Julian relates how Heraclius delivered an allegorical fable before him, in which Heraclius took upon himself the part of Jupiter,...
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    captured and the stolen relics. In March 629, Heraclius triumphantly returned the True Cross to Jerusalem. Heraclius had promised the Jews pardon for their revolt...
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  • Heraclius (died March 16, 455) was an influential eunuch of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III. Heraclius was a eunuch and the primicerius sacri...
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  • Heraclius was a Roman who, in 310, opposed the election of Pope Eusebius, earning him the title of antipope. All that is known of Heraclius appears in...
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