Re: Awards and ANthems(and now some background) [OT] [HIST]

Chen-Song Qin wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:
> 
> > Nope.  There was one other nation great enough to treat with God's
> > Vice-Regent on Earth (now God's Vice-Regent among the Stars) as an
> > equal, and that was put paid to by Heraclius.  All others are
benighted
> 
> Was that before or after the battle of the Yarmuk and losing a third
of
> the Roman Empire?

Heraclius whacked the Persians, the Arabs finished it off then snagged
Egypt and Syria, and by then Heraclius was already dying and wasn't up
to throwing the bastards out, and the world would not see a leader and
general of his magnitute until the Armenian dynasty produced the three
greatest generals of the Middle Ages (After whom I've named my Heavy
Tanks).  But the King of Kings of the Persians was the only leader
really recognized as the Roman Emperor's equal.  Which is why the Romans
finally adopted the title Basileus.  As long as there was any other
leader out there who could claim Basileus in right then they wouldn't
touch it.

John M. Atkinson