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Her⋅a⋅cli⋅us

  [her-uh-klahy-uhs, hi-rak-lee-uhs]
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a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
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Her·a·cli·us   (hěr'ə-klī'əs, hĭ-rāk'lē-)   
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (610-641) who captured Syria, Palestine, and Egypt from Persia (613-628) but lost them all to Muslim invaders (635-641).
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Heraclius

Eastern Roman emperor (610-641) who reorganized and strengthened the imperial administration and the imperial armies but who, nevertheless, lost Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Byzantine Mesopotamia to the Arab Muslims

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