Prior to the Province of Manitoba, there was the very brief, not officially recognized, Republic of Manitobah. It existed from 1867 to 1868 but wasn't recognized by the Colonial Office in London and eventually faded from existence. | Canadian History Ehx

Heraclius (r. 610–641) is the definition of a military emperor—a ruler who didn’t just sign orders, but personally carried the war on his shoulders. When he took the throne in 610, the Byzantine Empire was in crisis. The Persians were advancing fast, taking province after province. The state was broke, politically unstable, and losing its most valuable territories. In that moment, a cautious emperor might have accepted permanent defeat as the price of survival. Heraclius chose the opposite. He r