re: #239 ProLifeLiberal

Heraclius is viewed well in the Muslim World.

However, it doesn’t change the fact that the entire southern 2/3rds of the Empire more or less defected over poor treatment by what would become the religious hierarchy that would become the Orthodox church about 400 years later.

Very true. Why is Heraclius well regarded in the Muslim world though? Was it because he beat down the Sassanid Persians?