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Heraclius’ Second Counteroffensive
2021A calm interlude followed. Back in Constantinople, Heraclius took stock and prepared for a joint Turkish-Roman offensive planned for 627. The Turks seem to have struck first, invading with a huge host of their own. They broke through the Persian defences at the Caspian Gates, occupied Part’aw, the regional capital of Albania, and marched west into ...
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Heraclius’ First Counteroffensive
2021The second decisive moment of the war came in 624, when Heraclius sent off a diplomatic mission to the khagan of the Turks in central Asia and himself led a small, hardened expeditionary force deep into Transcaucasia and beyond. Speed of movement and surprise played key parts in the series of victories he won over pursuing armies in 625, after ...
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Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1978
The Hellenistic and Roman passion for founding, or renaming, Eastern cities in honour of their rulers abated only with the decline of urban life itself under the Byzantines, although it was never entirely forgotten. The last notable example seems to be the tragi-comic career of Tralles (Aydin) as Andronikopolis or Palaiologopolis in 1278–82.
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The Hellenistic and Roman passion for founding, or renaming, Eastern cities in honour of their rulers abated only with the decline of urban life itself under the Byzantines, although it was never entirely forgotten. The last notable example seems to be the tragi-comic career of Tralles (Aydin) as Andronikopolis or Palaiologopolis in 1278–82.
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