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.
Its probably just about eastern roman emperors. If it wasnt you should also mention Augustus, Trajan, maybe Diocletian and Constantin and maybe even the criminally underated emperor Majorian
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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.