The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . HE high authority of Gibbon has pro-nounced the character of the Byzan-tine Emperor Heraclius one of themost extraordinary and inconsistent inhistory. At first the slave of sloth orsuperstition, he was roused from degra-dation to restore the honor of Romein several glorious campaigns againstthe Persians, and then sank back into disgraceful and disas-trous inactivity. He was the son of Heraclius, Roman governor of Africa,but a native of Cappadocia, and was born about the year 575A. d. Although he had proved hims
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . HE high authority of Gibbon has pro-nounced the character of the Byzan-tine Emperor Heraclius one of themost extraordinary and inconsistent inhistory. At first the slave of sloth orsuperstition, he was roused from degra-dation to restore the honor of Romein several glorious campaigns againstthe Persians, and then sank back into disgraceful and disas-trous inactivity. He was the son of Heraclius, Roman governor of Africa,but a native of Cappadocia, and was born about the year 575A. d. Although he had proved himself a valiant soldier inseveral combats, he had never commanded an army until hisfather left to him a tempting opportunity which had beenoffered to himself. The empire groaned under the horrors ofwar and the debauches and cruelties of Phocas, a monsterwho had succeeded to the throne by the murder of theEmperor Maurice and his five sons. Crispus, a patrician,who had married the only daughter of Phocas, had oftenbegged the African governor to come and deliver his country-men from
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