Heraclius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Byzantine Emperor 610–641
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0575
Place of Birth: Cappadocia, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
Date of Death: 11-Feb-0641
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Heraclius
- Heraclius (Latin: Flavius Heraclius Augustus, Greek: F??ß??? ?????e???, Flavios Iraklios; c.
- 575 – February 11, 641) was the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641.
- His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas. Heraclius's reign was marked by several military campaigns.
- The year Heraclius came to power, the empire was threatened on multiple frontiers.
- Heraclius immediately took charge of the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628.
- The first battles of the campaign ended in defeat for the Byzantines; the Persian army fought their way to the Bosphorus but Constantinople was protected by impenetrable walls and a strong navy, and Heraclius was able to avoid total defeat.
- Soon after, he initiated reforms to rebuild and strengthen the military.
- Heraclius drove the Persians out of Asia Minor and pushed deep into their territory, defeating them decisively in 627 at the Battle of Nineveh.
- The Persian king Khosrow II was overthrown and executed by his son Kavad II, who soon sued for a peace treaty, agreeing to withdraw from all occupied territory.
- This way peaceful relations were restored to the two deeply strained empires. Heraclius lost many of his newly-regained lands to the Muslim conquests.
- Emerging from the Arabian Peninsula, the Muslims quickly conquered the Sasanian Empire.
- In 634 the Muslims marched into Roman Syria, defeating Heraclius's brother Theodore.
- Within a short period of time, the Arabs conquered Mesopotamia, Armenia and Egypt. Heraclius entered diplomatic relations with the Croats and Serbs in the Balkans.
- He tried to repair the schism in the Christian church in regard to the Monophysites, by promoting a compromise doctrine called Monothelitism.
- The Church of the East (commonly called Nestorian) was also involved in the process.
- Eventually this project of unity was rejected by all sides of the dispute.
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