Twenty Years' Anarchy

Byzantine Emperor from 685 to 695 and from 705 to 711

Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705

Leontius (; died 15 February 706) was Byzantine emperor under the regnal name Leo from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria in Asia Minor. He was given the title of patrikios, and made strategos of the Anatolic Theme under Emperor Constantine IV. He led forces against the Umayyads during the early years of Justinian II's reign, securing victory and forcing the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, to sue for peace.

Philippicus (; ), born Bardanes (; ) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713. He took power in a coup against the unpopular emperor Justinian II, and was deposed in a similarly violent manner nineteen months later. During his brief reign, Philippicus supported monothelitism in Byzantine theological disputes, and saw conflict with the First Bulgarian Empire and the Umayyad Caliphate.

Byzantine Emperor

Byzantine Emperor

708 battle

phase of the history of the Byzantine Empire (695-717)

Patriarch of Constantinople

8th century emperor of the Romans

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 712

Patriarch of Constantinople

Brother of the Byzantine emperor Tiberius III (died 705)