But the same letters notified the soldiers of an imperial decree which reduced their pay by one - quarter .
Philippicus wrote to Heraclius the Elder , ordering him to leave the army in the care of Narses and return to Armenia .
The same letters notified the soldiers of an imperial decree which reduced their pay by one - quarter .
Philippicus wrote to Heraclius the Elder , ordering him to leave the army in the care of Narses and return to Armenia .