id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5196 Heraclius - Wikipedia .html text/html 7313 985 69 The Roman army proceeded to Armenia, inflicted a defeat on an army led by a Persian-allied Arab chief, and then won a victory over the Persians under Shahrbaraz.[28] Heraclius would stay on campaign for several years.[29][30] On March 25, 624 he again left Constantinople with his wife, Martina, and his two children; after he celebrated Easter in Nicomedia on April 15, he campaigned in the Caucasus, winning a series of victories in Armenia against Khosrow and his generals Shahrbaraz, Shahin, and Shahraplakan.[31][32] In the same year the Visigoths succeeded in recapturing Cartagena, capital of the western Byzantine province of Spania, resulting in the loss of one of the few minor provinces that had been conquered by the armies of Justinian I.[33] In 626 the Avars and Slavs supported by a Persian army commanded by Shahrbaraz, besieged Constantinople, but the siege ended in failure (the victory was attributed to the icons of the Virgin which were led in procession by Sergius about the walls of the city),[34] while a second Persian army under Shahin suffered another crushing defeat at the hands of Heraclius's brother Theodore. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5196.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5196.txt