Heraclius, now around sixty and unpopular with…
635 CE
Heraclius, now around sixty and unpopular with the Chalcedonian Church, is broken in body and spirit by disease, by long years of the cares of state, and by the wounds and emotions of a hundred battles.
Although the sight of the emperor in battle armor would have inspired the troops and silenced the bickering generals, he does not take personal command of the army to resist the Muslim Arab conquest of Syria and Palestine.
He sends his brother Theodore to assemble forces to retake the newly won Muslim territories.
Monophysites and Jews throughout Syria welcome the Arab invaders, as they are discontent with Constantinople’s rule.
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Arab people
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Zoroastrians
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Jews
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Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
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Arabia Petraea (Roman province)
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Palaestina Salutaris (Roman province)
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Phoenice Lebanensis (Roman province)
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Syria Prima (Roman province)
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Palaestina Prima (Roman province)
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Palaestina Secunda (Roman province)
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Christians, Monophysite
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Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
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Islam
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Rashidun Caliphate
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