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    Heraclius II, also known as Erekle II (Georgian: ერეკლე II) and The Little Kakhetian (Georgian: პატარა კახი [pʼatʼaɾa kʼaχi]; 7 November 1720 or 7 October...
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    earning Khosrow II the epithet "the Victorious". A siege of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople in 626 was unsuccessful, and Heraclius, now allied with...
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    Heraclius the Elder (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, Herákleios; died 610) was a Byzantine general and the father of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641). Generally...
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    Tiberius II Constantine (Latin: Tiberius Cōnstantīnus; Greek: Τιβέριος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Tibérios Kōnstantĩnos; died 14 August 582) was Eastern Roman...
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    Emperor Heraclius had assembled an army to retake the territory lost to the Sasanian Empire. In 628, following the deposition of Khosrow II, Kavad II made...
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    King Heraclius II, George was raised in a country at war, facing regular attacks from the Persian and Ottoman empires in its south, and constant Lezgin...
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    had no cause to dread attacks. Basil II's reign is one of the most significant in Byzantine history. His constant military campaigns led to the zenith...
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    marriages. Teimuraz's children of his marriage to Tamar of Kartli were: Heraclius II (November 7, 1720 – January 11, 1798), the future king of Kakheti and...
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    Leo II (Greek: Λέων, Leōn; c. 467 – 474), called the Younger, briefly ruled as emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 473 to 474. He was the son of Zeno...
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    Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, translit. Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor...
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    Nikephoros II Phokas (Greek: Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, Nikēphóros Phōkãs; c. 912 – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from...
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    armed pilgrimage to the Holy City (1142). The reign of John II was taken up with almost constant warfare and, unlike his father who delighted in active participation...
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    Theodosius II (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor from 408 to 450. He was proclaimed augustus as an infant and...
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    Sultan Murad II in 1446. From 1449, it was ruled by the brothers Demetrios Palaiologos and Thomas Palaiologos, who were engaged in a constant rivalry with...
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  • especially from the House of Mukhrani. In 1744, Teimuraz II of Kartli and his son Heraclius II of Kakheti re-established the kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti...
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    Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: Θεόδωρος Δούκας Λάσκαρις, romanized: Theodōros Doukas Laskaris; November 1221/1222 – 16 August 1258)...
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    numbering follows Constantine II, emperor in the West (317–340). More rarely, he is instead enumerated as Heraclius II. Nicol 1993, p. 72. Hooker 2007...
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    317 – 3 November 361) was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples...
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    negotiate. Constantine II was succeeded by Teimuraz II (1732–1744), the only Christian son of Heraclius I. With the accession of Teimuraz II to the throne forty...
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    Empire. Peace is re-established and tributes resumed. 692–718: Almost constant war with the Arabs in various fronts. The defeat at the Battle of Sebastopolis...
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    of Constans' death indicates he was unaware of the revolt. "L'empereru Constant Ier?". Louvre http://laststatues.classics.ox.ac.uk, LSA-563 (J. Lenaghan)...
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    succeeded him on the throne at the age of 43. Maurice's reign was marked by constant money troubles. Maurice ascended the throne and received a bankrupt empire...
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    because Fronto was frequently ill; at times, he seems to be an almost constant invalid, always suffering – about one-quarter of the surviving letters...
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    they could for extended periods, although military officers, such as Heraclius the Elder (Exarch c. 598–610), continued to rotate between the eastern...
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  • coup led by his son Kavadh II, who at once sued for peace, agreeing to withdraw from all occupied territories. Heraclius restored the True Cross to Jerusalem...
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  • Monothelitism (category Heraclius)
    years. The death of Heraclius in 641 had thrown the political situation in Constantinople into chaos, and his young grandson Constans II (641–668) succeeded...
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    Aquileia. Constant then took control of his brother's territories, and there were now only two emperors: Constantius II in the East and Constant in the West...
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    Heraclius. Phocas lost Constantinople in 610 and was soon executed, but the destructive civil war accelerated the empire's decline. Under Khosrow II,...
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    the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in the years 634–645 AD. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, the region suffered constant raids by Arab Muslim forces...
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  • a constant threat to the Avar homeland, just on the other side of the Danube. The Roman presence at Singidunum was strong enough to effect constant ends...
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