Hexagram of Heraclius (from http://www.beastcoins.com)
Heraclius fails to push the Persians back and has to watch in horror as they capture Jerusalem.
Period: 612-617
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This title reminds me of the name of one of the battles in the “Silmarillion”: Nirnaeth Arnoediad, “Unnumbered Tears”. That crawled inside my head when I was a little kid and has never quite left, I wot not why.
Thanks for another informative episode! It’s odd to listen to these conflicts with the knowledge of what is about to unfold in the early 7th century.
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