Heraclius and Muhammad

The Roman Empire at the time of Heraclius

When Heraclius was crowned, the geography of the Roman Byzantine Empire looked like this:

• The Core: Anatolia (modern Turkiye), Greece, and

the Balkans.

• Egypt: The Breadbasket (provided grains to feed

Constantinople).

• The Levant: Syria, Palestine, and Jordan (Arabia

Petraea).

• The Western Remnants: North Africa (Carthage—

where Heraclius came from), Sicily, and small coastal

strips of Italy (including Rome and Ravenna).

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