Theodore (brother of Heraclius)
Theodore (
Life
He was the son of the general and
In 612, after the deposition and imprisonment of the
Theodore reappears in 626, when he was sent with part of Heraclius' army against the forces of the Persian general
Theodore was left by Heraclius as his virtual viceroy in the East, and entrusted with the command of Byzantine forces and the restoration of imperial authority there. In this capacity, Theodore faced the first Muslim attacks on the Byzantine provinces. He seems to have underestimated the threat (he reportedly referred to the Arabs as "dead dogs"), and was unable to counter their raids.
Instead, his failure to counter the Muslim expeditions caused a rift in his relations with Heraclius; and Theodore allegedly criticized his brother's controversial marriage to his niece Martina.[11][15][16] In response, Heraclius recalled Theodore to Constantinople and ordered his son Heraclonas to publicly humiliate and imprison him. This humiliation caused Theodore's son, also named Theodore, to participate in the abortive plot of John Athalarichos to overthrow Heraclius in 637.[11][15][16] Theodore's other son, Gregory, is only mentioned in 649, in the dependents of Theophilus of Edessa, such as Theophanes the Confessor. Theophanes mentions that Gregory served as a hostage in the court of Mu'awiya I as part of the terms for the treaty Constans II negotiated with the caliph, but the treaty collapsed in 651 when Gregory died at Helioupolis.[17]
References
- ^ Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), pp. 584, 1278
- ^ a b c d Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 1278
- ^ Kaegi (2003), pp. 70–71
- ^ Kaegi (2003), p. 77
- ^ Greatrex & Lieu (2002), p. 189
- ^ Greatrex & Lieu (2002), p. 207
- ^ Kaegi (2003), pp. 132, 138
- ^ Greatrex & Lieu (2002), pp. 225–227
- ^ Kaegi (2003), pp. 180, 202–203, 250
- ^ Kaegi (2003), pp. 226, 230–231
- ^ a b c d e Kazhdan (1991), p. 2039
- ^ Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), pp. 1278–1279
- ^ Kaegi (2003), p. 244
- ^ Kaegi (2003), p. 242
- ^ a b Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 1279
- ^ a b Kaegi (2003), pp. 260–261
- ^ Mango (1997), pp.479–480
Sources
- ISBN 9781889758879.
- Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002), The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-14687-9
- ISBN 0-521-81459-6
- ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
- Martindale, John R.; Jones, A.H.M.; Morris, John (1992), The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: AD 527–641, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-20160-8
- Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- ISBN 978-0-19-822568-3.