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Mar 21, 2024 · Leo III (born c. 675, –680, Germanicia, Commagene, Syria—died June 18, 741, Constantinople) was a Byzantine emperor (717–741), who founded the Isaurian, or Syrian, dynasty, successfully resisted Arab invasions, and engendered a century of conflict within the empire by banning the use of religious images (icons). Military accomplishments.
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Leo III the Isaurian ( Greek: Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος, romanized : Leōn ho Isauros; Latin: Leo Isaurus; c. 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was Byzantine Emperor from 717 until his death in 741 and founder of the Isaurian dynasty. [1] He put an end to the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period of great instability in the Byzantine ...
- 25 March 717 – 18 June 741
- Eastern Christianity
According to the traditional view, Byzantine Iconoclasm was started by a ban on religious images promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian, and continued under his successors. It was accompanied by widespread destruction of religious images and persecution of supporters of the veneration of images.
Jun 8, 2018 · Leo formed a coalition with another thematic commander, Artavasdus, who became his son-in-law. Evading Arab attacks, Leo captured the weak puppet emperor Theodosius III (715-717). He then entered Constantinople, where he was crowned emperor on March 25, 717. Though a usurper, Leo III proved the right man for the times.
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