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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

World history

As soon as the mountains became passable, the emperor received the
welcome news of the success of the conspiracy, the death of Chosroes,
and the elevation of his eldest son to the throne of Persia. The authors
of the revolution, eager to display their merits in the court or camp of
Tauris, preceded the ambassadors of Siroes, who delivered the letters of
their master to his brother the emperor of the Romans. In the language
of the usurpers of every age, he imputes his own crimes to the Deity,
and, without degrading his equal majesty, he offers to reconcile the
long discord of the two nations, by a treaty of peace and alliance more
durable than brass or iron. The conditions of the treaty were easily
defined and faithfully executed.

In the recovery of the standards and prisoners which had fallen into the
hands of the Persians, the emperor imitated the example of Augustus:
their care of the national dignity was celebrated by the poets of the
times, but the decay of genius may be measured by the distance between
Horace and George of Pisidia; the subjects and brethren of Heraclius were
redeemed from persecution, slavery, and exile; but instead of the Roman
eagles, the true wood of the holy cross was restored to the importunate
demands of the successor of Constantine. The victor was not ambitious
of enlarging the weakness of the empire; the son of Chosroes abandoned
without regret the conquests of his father; the Persians who evacuated
the cities of Syria and Egypt were honourably conducted to the frontier,
and a war which had wounded the vitals of the two monarchies, produced no
change in their external and relative situation. The return of Heraclius
from Tauris to Constantinople was a perpetual triumph; and after the
exploits of six glorious campaigns, he peaceably enjoyed the sabbath
of his toils. After a long impatience, the senate, the clergy, and the
people, went forth to meet their hero, with tears and acclamations,
with olive-branches and innumerable lamps; he entered the capital in
a chariot drawn by four elephants; and as soon as the emperor could
disengage himself from the tumult of public joy, he tasted more genuine
satisfaction in the embraces of his mother and his son.

[Sidenote: [628-629 A.D.]]

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Opening the text

History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

World history

As soon as the mountains became passable, the emperor received the
welcome news of the success of the conspiracy, the death of Chosroes,
and the elevation of his eldest son to the throne of Persia. The authors
of the revolution, eager to display their merits in the court or camp of
Tauris, preceded the ambassadors of Siroes, who delivered the letters of
their master to his brother the emperor of the Romans. In the language
of the usurpers of every age, he imputes his own crimes to the Deity,
and, without degrading his equal majesty, he offers to reconcile the
long discord of the two nations, by a treaty of peace and alliance more
durable than brass or iron. The conditions of the treaty were easily
defined and faithfully executed.

In the recovery of the standards and prisoners which had fallen into the
hands of the Persians, the emperor imitated the example of Augustus:
their care of the national dignity was celebrated by the poets of the
times, but the decay of genius may be measured by the distance between
Horace and George of Pisidia; the subjects and brethren of Heraclius were
redeemed from persecution, slavery, and exile; but instead of the Roman
eagles, the true wood of the holy cross was restored to the importunate
demands of the successor of Constantine. The victor was not ambitious
of enlarging the weakness of the empire; the son of Chosroes abandoned
without regret the conquests of his father; the Persians who evacuated
the cities of Syria and Egypt were honourably conducted to the frontier,
and a war which had wounded the vitals of the two monarchies, produced no
change in their external and relative situation. The return of Heraclius
from Tauris to Constantinople was a perpetual triumph; and after the
exploits of six glorious campaigns, he peaceably enjoyed the sabbath
of his toils. After a long impatience, the senate, the clergy, and the
people, went forth to meet their hero, with tears and acclamations,
with olive-branches and innumerable lamps; he entered the capital in
a chariot drawn by four elephants; and as soon as the emperor could
disengage himself from the tumult of public joy, he tasted more genuine
satisfaction in the embraces of his mother and his son.

[Sidenote: [628-629 A.D.]]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

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