Leontius II was Byzantine emperor from 695-698. Image File history File links Leontius AV Solidus. ... Image File history File links Leontius AV Solidus. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Events People of Byzantium revolt against Justinian II. Leontius II made emperor, Justinian II is banished. ... Events Tiberius III deposes Leontius II and becomes Byzantine Emperor. ...
Leontius was originally a general in the army of Justinian II, but was imprisoned by Justinian after a defeat by the Arabs at Sebastopolis. He was freed in 695, but immediately organized a revolt against the emperor. During his unpopular reign, Carthage was lost in 697, and another rebellion was launched against him in 698. He was deposed and mutilated by Tiberius III, and was eventually executed when Justinian II returned to power in 705. Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was Byzantine emperor from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are an originally Arabian ethnicity widespread in the Middle East and North Africa. ... A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ... Events End of the reign of Empress Jito of Japan Emperor Mommu ascends to the throne of Japan Approximate date of the Council of Birr, when the northern part of Ireland accepted the Roman calculations for celebrating Easter. ... Events Tiberius III deposes Leontius II and becomes Byzantine Emperor. ... Tiberius III (d. ... Alternate meaning: Area code 705 Events End of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik. ...
Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was Byzantine emperor from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ... This is a list of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire, called Byzantine. ... Tiberius III (d. ...
A revolt against the emperor, led by Leontius and supported by the clergy and people, initiated a period of 20 years of anarchy.
The invaders were finally repulsed by the strategos of the Anatolian theme, Leo, who forced the abdication of the emperor and was enthusiastically proclaimed by the clergy and populace of the capital.
The pope at Rome (Gregory II) likewise declared against the emperor's iconoclasm, and the population of the exarchate of Ravenna rose in revolt and made an alliance with the Lombards.
Leontius was born in Isauria originally a successful general in the army of Byzantium; Constantine IV appointed him strategos of Anatolikon, and it was Leontius who Justinian II sent to turn back the Arabs in Georgia and Armenia in 686.
Leontius would be imprisoned by Justinian after losing to the Arabs at the Battle of Sebastopolis when a large Slavic contingent deserted, turning the tide of the battle.
Leontius dispatched John the Patrician to retake Carthage; while he initially succeeded in capturing the harbor and most of the city, Arab reinforcements pushed his forces back to Crete.
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