House of Heraclius
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The House of Heraclius was a Byzantine imperial dynasty that ruled the Eastern Roman Empire during the 7th and early 8th centuries, notably under Emperor Heraclius, who reorganized the empire and fought major wars against the Sassanid Persians and early Islamic Caliphates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Heraclius canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine emperor
ⓘ
Byzantine emperor ⓘ Byzantine emperor ⓘ Byzantine emperor ⓘ Byzantine imperial dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ |
| capital |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| country |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| currency | solidus ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Heraclius self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| endTime | 711 ⓘ |
| era |
7th century
ⓘ
early 8th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Isaurian dynasty ⓘ |
| founder | Heraclius ⓘ |
| governmentForm | autocracy ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Emperor Constans II
ⓘ
surface form:
Constans II
Emperor Constantine IV ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine IV
Heraclius ⓘ Heraclius Constantine ⓘ Heraclonas ⓘ Justinian II ⓘ Martina ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heraclius ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Roman–Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) ⓘ
surface form:
First Arab siege of Constantinople
Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ Muslim conquest of the Levant ⓘ Second Arab siege of Constantinople (717–718) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Arab siege of Constantinople
campaigns against Sasanian Empire ⓘ loss of Egypt ⓘ loss of Exarchate of Africa ⓘ loss of Syria ⓘ recovery of the True Cross ⓘ wars against early Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ |
| policy |
Hellenization of imperial administration
ⓘ
military reorganization into themes ⓘ |
| precededBy | Justinian dynasty ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 641 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 610 ⓘ |
| religion | Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ |
| startTime | 610 ⓘ |
| territorialChange | transition from late antique to early medieval Byzantine state ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Heraclius