Heraklios 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VII |
Dates | 662 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 2556 |
Variant Names | Heraclius |
Locations | Constantinople; Constantinople (residence) |
Titles | Emperor (office) |
Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (chronicle); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Heraklios 1 was son of the emperor Constans II (Konstans 1) and brother of Konstantinos 2 (Constantine IV) and Tiberios 1: Theoph. AM 6153 (καὶ τοὺς τρεῖς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, Κωνσταντῖνον, Ἡράκλειον καὶ Τιβέριον), Theoph. AM 6160 (ἀκούσας δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποβίωσιν ... βασιλεύει τῶν Ῥωμαίων μετὰ Τιβερίου καὶ Ἡρακλείου, τῶν ἰδίων ἀδελφῶν), Theoph. AM 6173 (ἀπώσατο Κωνσταντῖνος τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τῆς βασιλείας, Ἡράκλειον καὶ Τιβέριον), Zon. XIV 19. 31 (καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ - τρεῖς δ'ἦσαν, Κωνσταντῖνος, Ἡράκλειος καὶ Τιβέριος), Lib. Pont. 81. 3. Cf. also Phausta 1. Heraklios 1 and his brothers were prevented by the inhabitants from leaving Constantinople in 661/662 in order to join their father when Constans II (Konstans 1), already in the West, planned to transfer the seat of government back to Rome: Theoph. AM 6153, cf. Theoph. AM 6160, Zon. XIV 19. 31-33. The three brothers are said to have ruled together after their father's death: Theoph. AM 6160 (βασιλεύει τῶν Ῥωμαίων μετὰ Τιβερίου καὶ Ἡρακλείου, τῶν ἰδίων ἀδελφῶν), Theoph. AM 6161 (ἐβασίλευσε Κωνσταντῖνος σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ). At the start of their brother Konstantinos 2's reign Heraklios 1 and Tiberios 1 were not crowned and had no title (οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδεμίαν ἀξίαν εἶχον); after troops from the East asked that all three should be crowned, Konstantinos 2 mutilated his brothers and had their noses cut off: Theoph. AM 6161 (ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐρρινοκόπησεν), Zon. XIV 20. 5-8, and cf. Mango and Scott, Theophanes, p. 500, n. 1. Heraklios 1 and Tiberios 1 were driven from the throne by Konstantinos 2 in 681/682: Theoph. AM 6173. According to the Liber Pontificalis he was an Augustus in 678: Lib. Pont. 81. 3 ("
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