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Leontius
Sign in to saveLeontius (; 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.
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Leontius was a male ruler and Byzantine emperor who held citizenship in the Byzantine Empire. Born in Isauria on January 1, 0660, he died in Constantinople on February 15, 0706. His death resulted from capital punishment, specifically decapitation. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Separate records identify an author named Leontius Bishop of Neapolis, who has nine listed works. These include texts such as *Leven van Symeon de Dwaas*, *Leontiou Episkopou Neapoleōs Kyprou Vios tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Eleēmonos*, and *Saint Symeon of Emesa*. Other titles associated with this author include *Leontios' von Neapolis Leben des heiligen Johannes des Barmherzigen, Erzbischofs von Alexandrien* and *Das Leben des heiligen Narren Symeon*. Crossref data indicates five works for this name, while the Vinony graph notes that the subject is referenced by 319 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
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- Leven van Symeon de Dwaas
- Leontiou Episkopou Neapoleōs Kyprou Vios tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Eleēmonos
- Saint Symeon of Emesa
- Leontios' von Neapolis Leben des heiligen Johannes des Barmherzigen, Erzbischofs von Alexandrien
- Das Leben des heiligen Narren Symeon
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2016 · cited 44x
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· 2016 · cited 3x
- Appendix: A Translation of The Life of Symeon the Fool
· 1996 · cited 1x
- Extra-Curricular Mathematical Activities In Secondary Schools
· 1940
- ПОШУК ОПТИМІЗОВАНИХ РІШЕНЬ ПРИ РОЗРОБЦІ ПРОЕКТУ З ВИРОБНИЦТВА ПРОДУКЦІЇ СВИНАРСТВА ПОТУЖНІСТЮ 24 ТИС. ГОЛІВ У РІК
· 2019
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- Leontius in imperial regalia, as depicted on a solidus coin. Legend: .
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- Byzantine emperor
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- 695–698
- Royalty.predecessor
- Justinian II
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- Leontius
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- Leo
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- Twenty Years' Anarchy
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- Isauria
- Royalty.death_date
- 15 February 706
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- Constantinople
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- Emperor of the Romans
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- Lazarus (?)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Isauria
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Image
- Solidus-Leontinus-sb1330.jpg
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- Leontius
- date of death
- 0706-02-15
- date of birth
- 0660-01-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Origin and early life
- Reign and downfall
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
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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.
In 692, Justinian declared war upon the Umayyads again, and sent Leontius to campaign against them. However, he was defeated decisively at the Battle of Sebastopolis, and imprisoned by Justinian for his failure. He was released in 695, and given the title of strategos of the Theme of Hellas in Southern Greece. After being released, he led a rebellion against Justinian, and seized power, becoming emperor in the same year.
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