The Emperor Heraclius
In the year 610, a man by the name of Heraclius took the Byzantine throne. The Byzantine people were more than happy to see the back of the man Heraclius had usurped, named Phocas. Phocas had usurped Maurice in 602 and executed a number of Mauric…
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