The sun., 1900-12-02

VI 'NlN H'N''T NIIHfN'0 INV lbIIliW'u7
succeeded lh' Goths md made consld"rabl"
congue'ts In Itay white the Emperors we're
engaged IN nghting tho peraians In Asia and
tho Snvs In Europe 90 TINT when IN" next
"poch-n'kinf Emperor. iIcrnclms. came to
the throne, his Western possessions comprised
merely Sicily. tho extreme south ~ Italy ana
narrow strip stretching oblauely from
Ancona and RnvennH 10 Rome. The energy
and ability Of IIeraclus enabled him 10 crush
tn" power Of Persia IN the East. though he was
distracted by simultaneous attacks from inc
Avara In "a" West But his reign "a ID o'o-
8,D Is especially remarkable a. forming IN"
best dividing point between ancient history
md the Middle Aecs u presents three inter-
esting ( atures First the Empire. which was
Roman In origin. but has now become denniteiy
Greek Secondly. paganism has vanished
and the Emperor and his subjects appear as
the champions Of Chris Thirdly. II II
In this reign that the great Antagonist of East
ern Christcndom enters on the scene IN
A. D. 62s the Prophet Mohammed summoned
both Neraclus and his adversary. 'h"r"eS'
King ~ Persia. to embrace Islam. and. from
this lime for upward Of eight centuries 'he
byzantine Empire had TO struggle against
the races which proiessed the new faith. In
the first stage II the struggle, Constantinople
twice successfully resisted sieges by the
Arabs, first in G73-s77 and secondly. In 7l1-
7is. and though the Moslems made progress
in Asia Leo the Isaurian may be considered
to have reasscrted the supremacy OF Christi
anity IN what is now called the Ievant Mean
while the separation from the West was be-
coming more decisive. The struggle against
the Arabs left the Emperor no time to resst
the Lomhards, who in $50 captured RaveiIna
and the other possessions Of the Empire in
I,,Ir ~. i,,,,,,olo-,,, - Loo III and Con-
-. " at,a,,.at ,ba rslI,lous sentiment
-, pnr,. and the Pore erst invoked the help
:, D. Vin -, ,ne rr,nks ~ pro,eot him
o,,oias, ,ha fo,nh,rds and finally in 500
800, Cha-lsvocre Ronan Emperor
uo,lasor,h ,ho sen,r,t,on b.,veen Rome and
r,'.,a.,,,,Io ,,.,s co,,,,let, GO far os os s.cu-
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D o., -, H.
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