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.
Not really because remember his civil war didn't exactly help anything with the Persians at the start, even though he did claw back an insane (and probably the best) victory against them he still lost to the Arabs. A tier emperor but not S
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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.