Constantine IV

World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 53

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2024/04/history-matrix-part52/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 682 AD, King Erwig of the Visigoths escalated the oppression of the Jews in Spain. He made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites (brit milah,) and hard-pressed for the conversion or emigration of the remaining Jews. In Africa, the last Byzantine (Roman) bases of Tripoli and Carthage were overrun by Muslim forces led by Uqba ibn Nafi. […]

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 52

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2024/03/history-matrix-part51/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In mid-668 AD, the Byzantine/Roman Emperor Constans II was killed in his bath during a mutiny at Syracuse. Likely, Constans was assassinated by his chamberlain on orders of the Byzantine general Mezezius who shortly after was proclaimed emperor by the army.After a 27-year reign, Constans was succeeded by his son Constantine IV (the “Bearded”,) alongside his brothers Heraclius and

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 50

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2024/02/history-matrix-part49/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 646 AD, only a year after the revolt in Alexandria, the city was recaptured by the Muslim Arabs after the Byzantine/Roman Empire failed to retake Egypt. The failure by the Byzantine ended a nearly 1,000 years of rule by the Greco-Roman states of Alexandria and Egypt.Due to the failed attempt, Gregory the Patrician, the Byzantine exarch of Africa,

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