7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius
Author
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James
Abstract
This thesis examines the Roman emperor Heraclius, who rules Byzantine Rome from 610 -641CE. It will look at the military, political, and religious decisions that Heraclius made during his civil war with the usurper Phokas that lasted from 603-610, his continuing of the war with Persia that was in response to Phokas’ coup of Maurice from 610 to 628, and finally his war with Arab forces as the early followers of Mohammad spread through Levantine Rome and Persia from 622 to the death of Heraclius in 641.We will examine the changes that occurred in Rome that came about through Heraclius’ decision making as he navigating this series of events that were a major threat to Rome during his rule, and explore how these decisions may still be affecting the world today.
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Date
2023-07-25
Citation:
APA:
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James.
(July 2023).
7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13124.)
MLA:
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James.
7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
July 2023. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13124.
April 28, 2024.
Chicago:
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James,
“7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
July 2023).
AMA:
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James.
7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
July 2023.
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Publisher
East Carolina University