despite continuous bombardment for a month, morale was high inside the walls of constantinople because of patriarch sergius's religious fervor and his processions along the wall with the icon of the virgin mary, inspiring the belief that the byzantines were under divine protection. heraclius then turned the war around in a miracle underdog win and btfo the sasanids so hard their empire evaporated, he also brought the true cross back. > what is christian mercy i pursue and run after peace. i do not willingly burn persia, but compelled by you. let us now throw down our arms and embrace peace. let us quench the fire before it burns up everything. heraclius's ultimatum to khosrow ii, 6 january 628 imagine siding with khosrow almost 2000 years later what a stupid canadian
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