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Leontios or Leontius (Greek: Λεόντιος; c.– August 705/February 706), sometimes enumerated as Leontius II, was Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was ...
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Saint Stephen the Younger (Greek: , 713/715 – 28 November 764 or 765) was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine ...
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Saint Andrew of Crete is a martyr of the Christian Church. A fervent iconophile, he was killed at the orders of Emperor Constantine V in 766 or 767, during the Byzantine Iconoclasm. His feast day is October ...
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Artemius Anastasius (Greek: ??t?µ??? ??ast?s??? ??), known in English as Anastasios II or Anastasius II, (died 718), was Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715.
Brother of the Byzantine emperor Tiberius III (died 705)
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Heraclius (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, Herakleios) was the brother of the Byzantine emperor Tiberius III (r. 698–705) and the Byzantine Empire's leading general during his reign. He scored a number of victories ...
Byzantine officer executed for his plot to assassinate Emperor Constantine V in 766
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Strategios Podopagouros (Greek: Στρατήγιος Ποδοπάγουρος; died 25 August 766) was a Byzantine military commander and with his brother Constantine leader of a conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V (r ...