Anastasios II kept his name, Artemios, also on his coinage; this solidus bears the legend APTEMIUS ANASTASIUS.

Anastasios II or Anastasius II (Greek: Αναστάσιος Β΄), (died 718), Byzantine emperor, from 713 to 715. Image File history File links Solidus-Anastasius_II-sb1463. ... Image File history File links Solidus-Anastasius_II-sb1463. ... Julian solidus, ca. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ...

Anastasios was originally named Artemios (Αρτέμιος), and had served as a bureaucrat and imperial secretary for his predecessors. After the Opsikian army in Thrace had overthrown Emperor Philippikos, they acclaimed Artemios as emperor. He chose Anastasios as his regnal name. Soon after his accession, Anastasios II imposed discipline on the army and executed those officers who had been directly involved in the conspiracy against Philippikos. Thrace (Bulgarian: Тракия, Trakiya; Greek: Θράκη, ThrákÄ“; Latin: Thracia or Threcia, Turkish: Trakya, Macedonian: Тракија) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... Philippikos (FILIPICUS) coin, celebrating the victories of the emperor (VICTORIA AVGU). ...

Anastasios upheld the decisions of the Sixth Ecumenical Council and deposed the Monothelete Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, replacing him with the Orthodox Patriarch Germanos in 715. This also put an end to the short-lasting schism with the Roman Church. The Sixth Ecumenical Council met on November 7, 680, for its first session, and ended its meetings, said to have been eighteen in number, on September 16 of the next year. ... John VI (Greek: Ιωάννης ΣΤ΄, Iōannēs VI ), Patriarch of Constantinople from 712 to 715. ... Saint Germanos I was Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ...

The empire was threatened by the Arabs both by land and sea (they penetrated as far as Galatia in 714), and Anastasios attempted to restore peace by diplomatic means. His emissaries having failed in Damascus, he undertook the restoration of Constantinople's walls and the construction of a new fleet. However, the death of the Caliph al-Walid I in 715 gave Anastasios an opportunity to turn the tables on the enemy. He had his fleet concentrate on Rhodes with orders not only to resist the approach of the enemy, but to destroy their naval stores, and dispatched an army under Leo the Isaurian, afterwards emperor, to invade Syria. The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, rather than a pure ethnic group, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: Also commonly: الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: ) or Al-Walid I (668 - 715) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 - 715. ... Location map of Rhodes Rhodes, (Greek: Ρόδος (pron. ... :For homonyms, see Leo III Leo the Isaurian and his son Constantine V. Leo III the Isaurian (c. ...

The troops of the Opsikian theme, resenting the emperor's strict measures, mutinied, slew the admiral John, and proclaimed Theodosios, a tax-collector of low extraction, emperor. After a six months' siege, Constantinople was taken by Theodosios; Anastasios, who had fled to Nicaea, was compelled to submit to the new emperor in 716 and retired to a monastery in Thessalonica. The themata in 950. ... Theodosios III or Theodosius III (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Γ΄), was Byzantine Emperor from 715 to March 25, 717. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Iznik (formerly Nicaea) is a city in Anatolia (now part of Turkey) which is known primarily as the site of two major meetings (or Ecumenical councils) in the early history of the Christian church. ... Monastery of St. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 718, Anastasios headed a revolt against Leo III, who had succeeded Theodosios. He received a considerable amount of support, including auxiliaries reportedly provided by Tervel of Bulgaria. However the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor who offers this information elsewhere confuses Tervel with his eventual successor Kormesiy, so perhaps Anastasios was allied with the younger ruler. In any case the rebel forces advanced on Constantinople. The enterprise failed, and Anastasios, falling into Leo's hands, was put to death by his orders. Tervel (Bulgarian: Тервел) also called Tarvel, or Terval, or Terbelis in some Byzantine sources, was the ruler of the Bulgars at the beginning of the 8th century. ... Saint Theophanes the Confessor (about 758/760, Constantinople - March 17, 817 or 818, Samothrace) was an aristocratic but ascetic Byzantine monk and chronicler. ... Kormesiy or better Kormesij was a ruler of Danubian Bulgaria in the first half of the 8th century. ...

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References

• The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.