The Age Of Heraclius (602-641)

In the year 602 AD, the capable emperor Maurice faced a military rebellion led by a man named Phocas. The latter killed his sovereign and took power. The murder of the legitimate emperor Maurice provided Sassanian shah Khosrow II with a convenient casus belli to invade Roman territory. This war would set the entire near east ablaze and mark the end of Antiquity. The crucial decades that followed would be defined by the deeds of one man above all, Heraclius. ⏰ Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 1:40 - Crisis of Legitimacy 17:10 - The Fight for Survival 30:23 - A New Threat 🤝 Support You can support me and donate a Follis or more on Patreon : 🎵 Music This Is Our Land - Bonnie Grace Deconstructing the Empire - Christian Andersen Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel Heroes on Horses - Wendel Scherer Zero Hours - Reynard Seidel Phantasm - Jo Wandrini Happily Unknowing - Christian Andersen Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel The Last of Our Kind - Jon Bjork Night of the Drowned - Dream Cave The Great War - Jon Bjork The Story Begins - Hampus Naeselius Signal to Noise - Hampus Naeselius Forever to Run - Howard Harper-Barnes March Towards the End STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Bonnie Grace Force Matrix - Jon Bjork Protector Of The Sky - Jo Wandrini Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen The Thin Line - Hampus Naeselius 📚 Main sources - Walter E. Kaegi, Heraclius Emperor of Byzantium: Cambridge; 2003 - Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire of Late Antiquity; 2016 - Morisson Cécile, Le Monde Byzantin I - L’empire rome d’Orient (330-641): puf; 2012 🌐 Internet sources - Wikipedia fr eng, 2022 - The History of Byzantium Podcast - Roman Emperors : - Byzantine Battles : - Historical Map Animators, Youtube