became a general in the reign of
Zeno.[1] [He was] a man to take risks and to make attempts readily on the enemy; but he did not have forethought in danger, nor did he take counsel before rushing towards what he strove to accomplish, but without consideration he proceeded to action and reckoned awesome forcefulness as the part of a man. This especially caused his downfall later on.
*(hra/kleios, strathgo\s gegonw\s e)pi\ *zh/nwnos, oi(=os me\n tolmh=sai kai\ pro/qumos e)gxeirei=n e)s pole/mous e(toi/mws, ou) me/ntoi to\ promhqe\s ei)=xen e)n toi=s kindu/nois, ou)de\ boulh\n pro/teron poihsa/menos w(/rma pro\s o(\ e)/speude pra/ttein, a)ll' e)/cw tou= logismou= pro\s ta\ e)/rga e)xw/rei kai\ to\ e)mplh/ktws o)cu\ e)n a)ndro\s moi/ra| e)ti/qeto. o(/per dh\ kai\ ma/lista au)to\n u(/steron e)/sfhlen.
Malchus fr.5 FHG (4.115-16), still 5 Cresci.
This Heraclius, also known as Heraclius of
Edessa, recovered the province Tripolitana from the Vandals under Leo the Great (457-474 AD). In 471 he was involved in murdering Aspar, one of Leo's chief ministers (
alpha 4201,
alpha 3803), at the emperor's request; and, after Leo's death under
Zeno (474-491), Heraclius, then
magister militum per Thracias, was killed by Theodoric
Strabo, perhaps because of involvement in the murder of Aspar.
This Heraclius was an ancestor of Heraclius the Elder, exarch of
Africa under Phocas (602-610), and of his son Heraclius the Younger (see
eta 465) who became Byzantine emperor (610-641) after Phocas was overthrown by the devices of Heraclius the Elder.
For more about Heraclius of
Edessa, see entries in
De imperatoribus romanis at web address 1 on emperor Heraclius and his family, web address 2 on Leo the Great, and web address 3 on
Zeno. Compare also
Malchus fr. 4 FHG (and Cresci).
[1]
Zeno the emperor:
zeta 83 and
zeta 84.
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