A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Heraclius"
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575 Born
610 Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at ConstantinopleConstantinople Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire [i] and following its fall in 1453 [i], of the O ...
, overthrows East Roman Emperor PhocasPhocas Flavius Phocas Augustus, Byzantine Emperor [i] , ascended the throne from the Empero ...
and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from LatinLatin Latin is an ancient Indo-European language [i] originally spoken in Latium [i], ...
to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610 the East Roman Empire is customarily referred to as the Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century [i] to describe the Greek-spea ...
(the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th Century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Romans").
621ByzantineByzantine Empire Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century [i] to describe the Greek-spea ...
Emperor Heraclius invades Persia
627 December 12: Battle of Nineveh: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians ending the Roman-Persian Wars.
630 Byzantine Emperor Heraclius recaptures JerusalemJerusalem Jerusalem is Israel [i]'s capital [i] and largest city, with a population of 724,000 contained in 123 ...
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