In the following paper the image of the Roman Empire is analyzed in the History of Theophylact Simocatta. In this, we note the use of narrative resources that highlight the Mauritius Emperor and Heraclius with a common Christian emperor’s imperial project, exhibiting virtues and attitudes that the author promotes role and consolidate under its eschatological and ecumenical conception.
Nieto Orriols, D. (2017). The christian project of emperors Maurice and Heraclius in the history of theophylact simocatta: considerations on the narration and it purpose. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (36), pp. 224–244. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/47718