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<p>[QUOTE="K2Coins, post: 2352124, member: 30168"]Shout out to [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] for the awesome coin, and my first ancient! This is my first time posting in the ancients section and this coin inspired me to start collecting some ancients and learning about them because the history is amazing behind them! Here is a little write up about Heraclius that I put together (correct me if I'm wrong about anything):</p><p><br /></p><p>Heraclius rise of power as Byzantine Emperor began in 608 AD and immediately took charge of the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628, which his father originally was involved in against the Persians. Eventually, the Persians were defeated at the Battle of Nineveh in 627. After this victory, Heraclius named himself the ancient Persian title of “King of Kings”. In 629 he styled himself as Basileus, which is the Greek word for “sovereign” which was used by Emperors throughout Europe for the next 800 years. When Heraclius defeated the Persians, it put an end to the internal conflict between the two groups that lasted for nearly 400 years. However, the downside of this war was that it left the Sassanid dynasty and the conquered Persia in an extremely weakened state, leading to a fall of Persia in 644 and the Sassanid dynasty in 651 to the growing Arab population.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the major things that Heraclius is known for is changing the language of the Empire from Latin to Greek in 620. He is also very well known and liked by the Western church for recovering the True Cross, which was captured by the Persians. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin (Heraclius 620-641 AD 6.3g):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="K2Coins, post: 2352124, member: 30168"]Shout out to [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] for the awesome coin, and my first ancient! This is my first time posting in the ancients section and this coin inspired me to start collecting some ancients and learning about them because the history is amazing behind them! Here is a little write up about Heraclius that I put together (correct me if I'm wrong about anything): Heraclius rise of power as Byzantine Emperor began in 608 AD and immediately took charge of the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628, which his father originally was involved in against the Persians. Eventually, the Persians were defeated at the Battle of Nineveh in 627. After this victory, Heraclius named himself the ancient Persian title of “King of Kings”. In 629 he styled himself as Basileus, which is the Greek word for “sovereign” which was used by Emperors throughout Europe for the next 800 years. When Heraclius defeated the Persians, it put an end to the internal conflict between the two groups that lasted for nearly 400 years. However, the downside of this war was that it left the Sassanid dynasty and the conquered Persia in an extremely weakened state, leading to a fall of Persia in 644 and the Sassanid dynasty in 651 to the growing Arab population. One of the major things that Heraclius is known for is changing the language of the Empire from Latin to Greek in 620. He is also very well known and liked by the Western church for recovering the True Cross, which was captured by the Persians. Here is the coin (Heraclius 620-641 AD 6.3g): [ATTACH=full]478981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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