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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2851288, member: 44210&quot;]Thanks all for the compliments and posting your coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Fancy! Very interesting fact!</p><p>&nbsp;Great choice! Just as with BC and the earlier Roman emperors one will find just as many interesting histories with the Byzantine rulers, but I&#039;m sure you knew this already <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>One Byzantine emperor that might interest you is Heraclius. Things almost worked out for him, but alas he was ultimately doomed. He killed a tyrant, nearly lost his empire due to the mistakes of said tyrant, fought long and hard to get back his territories, brought the fight to the Persians&#039; own turf, won (and recovering the True Cross in the process), but basically lost it all when the Muslims invaded (he is the only Roman emperor mentioned in the Quran). I remember a quote from someone Wikipedia mentioned, that had Heraclius died right after he won against the Persians, (paraphrasing here) he would have been considered among the best and most highly-regarded Roman emperors. But his failure in defeating the Arabs tarnished his reputation forever.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]BHqgHFcmAOc[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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