A passage from Sebeos 's History has been understood to suggest an Arsacid origin of Heraclius the Elder .
Cyril Mango has supported a theory which suggests that he was a namesake descendant of Heraclius of Edessa , a 5th - century Roman general .
A passage from Sebeos 's History has been understood to suggest an Arsacid origin of namesake descendant     .
Cyril Mango has supported a theory which suggests that he was a namesake descendant of Heraclius of Edessa , a 5th - century Roman general .