Heraclius

Coin of heraclias

### Family

Eudokia (First Wife), Martina( Nicce/Second Wife),Eppephina(Mother), Heraclias The Elder (Father), Constantine III (Son) (Heraklonas) ,(Son), John (Son), Martinos (Son),(Tiberis Son)

### Positians

Eastern Roman Emperor; 610-641Eastern Romman Concel; 607-641

### Preceder

Eastern Roman Emperor; PhocasEastern Roman Concel; NA

### Sucsesser

Eastern Roman Emperer; Constantine III and Heraklans

### Occupatian

Emperer

Emperer Heraclias Was The Eatsern Roman Emperer From 610 To 641. He Defeated The Sassanid Persian Empire. This Ended the 650 year war Line of Roman Persian Wars. And The 1000 year wars betwen the Persians and The Greeks. He was of Arminian Blood. Despite this, He Failled at stoping the Rashudins From Expanding into The Eastern Roman Empire. He Died a Deapley Depresed man at the age of 65. He alsow Saw The Return of Germans to italy and The Slavic Invasions of The Balikans. He was Also the First Emperer of The Haracliun Dynasty

## Early Life

He Started of As A Nobelman in Capadotia. His Family Moved to Carthige when his Dad Became Exarch of Africa. This Put Him in the Control of the food of the Eastern Roman Empires

## Rebelian Agenst Phocas

In 608 Phocas was Breniging Destructian To the Empire Due to the war with persia and his Crulity. His Father Heraclias The Elder Cut food from cosntantinpole then He Took over the Southern Eastern Roman Empire. Becuse he was Old, He had his Young Son Do the Figting in the war. When he Saw Phocas He told Him " Is This How You Have Ruled You Wrech". Phocas Told Him, "And Will You Do Any Beter" he was so Angerd By this he had Phocas on the Spot, A rather Merciful Death for the man who gave out sutch awful Punishments

## War With Persia

Upon Reaching the throne heracluias was a strong handsome blond 35 year old man. He let the Persians Take the East for 10 years. Then when they least Expected it. He Went deep in the persian Hearland. Since the Persians had destryoed the Holy Seplecure, The Most Holy Christian Church. He destoryed the Most Holy Zoorastrian Temple, It. He Then Won The War when The Persians in 628. He Then, Unlike Dioclitans Peace with the Sassnaids 300 years ago , Was Magnamanas With Victory. No Borders Were Chared and Evreything was to go back to what it was like before the war. He also Got the Cross that jessus was Crusified on back from the persians. The Return of the Holyist Relic was meat with joy in cosnatinople

## War With The Rashudin and Twilight

However, The War With Persia Alowed Muhamed and His Folowers To Rise. Muhamed was a man who was at least as skiled as Heraclius. They Were also About The Same Age. But they would Be on Opposing Sides. By the time of his death in 632, Muhamed Had Carved himself a state in the Richest part of arabia, The Hejaz Region. The tittle of leader of the Muslims Then went to The Rasshudins. In A Few Years, The Rashudins Had took the Sassanid Persian Capital and while still A country. The sassanids were now on the run, and had inflectid a deap wond in the Sassanids. While The Eastern Romans Lost The entire Levant to the Rashudins Incluing Two of the five Holy Christisan Citys; The two citys were thouse of of Antioch and Jerusalem. By this time The once Brilliant Genaral Heraclias Died. Fearing he would Spend A eternity in hell becuse of His Doction of Christianity and his Marige to his Niecce Eudukia.

## Assesment

As Had Been Said By many Others. He was the emperer who lived to long. if he had died in 628 after the Persians were defeated. he would be veiwd as a perfect emperor. But he Lived to 641, And it was under him that jerusilim was Lost to the Orthox christsanity and it has not came back since. But still he saved the empire and it would endure while the Sassanid one Crumble

## Credicts

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Heraclius\_610-641.jpg

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