Leo III the Isaurian

89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)

90th Pope of the Catholic Church

emperor of Byzantine Empire

emperor of Byzantium

Artabasdos or Artavasdos ( or , from , , , Latinized as Artabasdus) was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 until November 743, in usurpation of the reign of Constantine V.

717-718 combined land and sea offensive by the Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate against the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople

Two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities.

Patriarch of Constantinople

740 battle

Byzantine empress

Byzantine empress

Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople

Unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyad Caliphate to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea in 727

Exarch of Ravenna

8th century Exarch of Ravenna

thumb|right|215px|Example of the first miliaresia, struck by Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III () to celebrate the coronation of his son, [[Constantine V (), as co-emperor. Notice the lack of any imagery except the cross.]]

Byzantine official

Greek saint

Scholasticus was Exarch of Ravenna from 713 to 723.

Eastern Orthodox monk and saint