Philippikos Bardanes
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.
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Philippikos Bardanes was a Byzantine emperor who ruled for less than two years (711–713) after seizing power through a coup against the unpopular Justinian II, only to be violently removed from office himself. During his short reign, he promoted a controversial Christian theological position called monothelitism and dealt with military conflicts against the Bulgarian Empire and the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Person
- Born
- 0700-01-01
- Died
- 0714-01-20
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Key facts
- Monarch.death_date
- 713
- Monarch.name
- Philippicus
- Monarch.image
- Solidus of Philippicus.png
- Monarch.caption
- A solidus of Philippicus
- Monarch.succession
- Byzantine emperor
- Monarch.reign
- 4 November 711 – 3 June 713
- Monarch.birth_name
- Bardanes
- Monarch.predecessor
- Justinian II
- Monarch.successor
- Anastasius II
- Monarch.father
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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.
==Biography== Philippicus was originally named Bardanes; he was the son of the patrician Nicephorus, who was of Armenian extraction from an Armenian colony in Pergamum. The Armenian background of Philippicus has been supported by Byzantinist historians Peter Charanis and Nicholas Adontz, and disputed by Anthony Kaldellis. Kaldellis adds that Bardanes was probably born and raised in the Byzantine realm, as his father Nicephorus possibly was. Contemporaneous sources attest to Bardanes' tutoring, scholarly interests, learning and eloquence, all of which were in Greek. Byzantine historians Leslie Brubaker and John Haldon suggested Bardanes had some connection or affiliation with the Armenian Mamikonian family, which Kaldellis also denies. Byzantine researcher Toby Bromige felt Kaldellis was too dismissive of the Armenian ancestry of certain Byzantine individuals.