Heraclius, one of the great Roman Emperors in the East (610 AD - 641 AD) #

Heraclius, one of the great Roman Emperors in the East (610 AD - 641 AD) # He crushed Persia in a devastating War (602 AD - 628 AD) and initiated  reforms of the Military, which allowed the Eastern Roman Empire to stop the Arab Hordes fifty years after his death.

Credit : Jean-Francois Pierre