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Updated: May 10, 2025
At their imperious command, Heracleonas appeared in the pulpit with the eldest of the royal orphans; Constans alone was saluted as emperor of the Romans, and a crown of gold, which had been taken from the tomb of Heraclius, was placed on his head, with the solemn benediction of the patriarch.
It was on the Holy Cross that Heracleonas swore to cherish and defend his nephew; it was to the same fragment that the son of Justinian the Second clung for protection, in the revolution which hurled his father from the throne; and we might entertain more respect for the superstition of the Greeks, if the supposed sanctity of this relic had produced either the observance of the oath, or the safety of the suppliant.
But the severity of the conscript fathers was stained by the indiscriminate punishment of the innocent and the guilty: Martina and Heracleonas were sentenced to the amputation, the former of her tongue, the latter of his nose; and after this cruel execution, they consumed the remainder of their days in exile and oblivion.
His descendants continued to fill the throne in the persons of Constantine III. , Heracleonas , Constans II. , Constantine IV. , Justinian II. , until 711, when an interval of six years, divided into three reigns, made way for the rise of the Isaurian dynasty. V. The New Era of Charlemagne
The senate was summoned to the palace to ratify or attest the association of Heracleonas, the son of Martina: the imposition of the diadem was consecrated by the prayer and blessing of the patriarch; the senators and patricians adored the majesty of the great emperor and the partners of his reign; and as soon as the doors were thrown open, they were hailed by the tumultuary but important voice of the soldiers.
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