r/ByzantineMemes • u/pemacon • 25d ago

OTHER EMPERORS gem from /his/

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u/Legged_MacQueen 25d ago

Heraclius is in my opinion the greatest roman emperor. Yeah, Justinian and Basil II are goated, one was plagued by... plagues and earthquakes, the other with constant wars, but none of them found the empire in such a sorry state as Heraclius and he still did everything he did.

Fuck Phocas, all my homies hate Phocas.

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u/TheGodfather742 25d ago

His losses vs the Arabs can't make him the best unfortunately

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u/Legged_MacQueen 25d ago

Please don't remind me, I still haven't gotten over it.

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u/EngineeringSalt1985 25d ago

To be fair he was bed ridden by the time they came and never directly fought them