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October 3rd 610 CE Heraclius arrives by ship from Carthage at Constantinople to overthrow Byzantine emperor Phocas

Sometime around 610 CE, the senate sent out a call for help to be rescued from the paranoid and revengeful Byzantine emperor named Phocas. In short, everyone was praying for a miracle, and it came in the form of Flavius Heraclius, the son of the governor of Carthage.

Heraclius sailed immediately with his fleet from Carthage to C...