Artabasdos
Sign in to saveArtabasdos 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.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- ArtabasdosԱրտավազդ
- Royalty.image
- Solidus of Artabasdos.png
- Royalty.caption
- Solidus of Artabasdos
- Royalty.succession
- Byzantine emperor
- Royalty.reign
- June 741 – 2 November 743
- Royalty.full name
- Artabasdus Artabasdos Արտավազդ Artavazd
- Royalty.predecessor
- Constantine V
- Royalty.successor
- Constantine V
- Royalty.reg type2
- Co-emperor
- Royalty.regent2
- Nikephoros
- Royalty.queen
- Anna
- Royalty.issue
- NikephorosNiketas
- Royalty.dynasty
- Isaurian
- Royalty.birth_date
- Before 713
- Royalty.death_date
- 743
- Royalty.title
- Emperor of the Romans
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- yes
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- Count of OpsikionPatrikiosKouropalates
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Spouse
- Anna, wife of Artabasdos
- Child
- Niketas
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Religion
- Christianity
- Family
- Mamikonian
- Image
- Solidus Artabasdos Nikephoros.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Rise to power
- Reign and downfall
- Family
- See also
- Bibliography
- Further reading
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.
== Rise to power == In about 713, Emperor Anastasius II appointed Artabasdos as governor (stratēgos) of the Armeniac Theme (Θέμα Άρμενιάκων, Thema Armeniakōn), the successor of the Army of Armenia, which occupied the old areas of the Pontus, Armenia Minor, and northern Cappadocia, with its capital at Amasea. After Anastasius' fall, Artabasdos made an agreement with his colleague Leo, the governor of the Anatolic Theme, to overthrow the new Emperor Theodosius III. This agreement was sealed with the engagement of Leo's daughter Anna to Artabasdos, and the marriage took place after Leo III ascended the throne in March 717.