Constantine (son of Leo V)
Constantine | |||||
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Emperor of the Romans | |||||
Byzantine co-emperor | |||||
Reign | 25 December 813 – 25 December 820 | ||||
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Father | Leo V the Armenian | ||||
Mother | Theodosia |
Symbatios (
Biography
Symbatios was the eldest son of the emperor
At the head of a military revolt following the disastrous Battle of Versinikia against the Bulgars, Leo deposed Michael I on 11 July 813 and was crowned emperor on the next day.[7] Some time after[b] he had Symbatios crowned co-emperor and renamed Constantine. The latter name was not chosen randomly: aside from it being a traditional Byzantine imperial name dating back to Constantine the Great, the assembled troops now publicly acclaimed the emperors "Leo and Constantine", evoking openly the iconoclast emperor Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717–741) and his son Constantine V (r. 741–775).[2][12]
Although prior to his accession Leo had given written guarantees to the
On 14 March 814, Leo forced the resignation of Patriarch Nikephoros I, and appointed the pro-iconoclast
Leo the Armenian was assassinated on 25 December 820 by the supporters of
Notes
- Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire places it on 16 April 814, during Easter.[11]
References
- ^ Grierson 1973, p. 178.
- ^ a b c d e f g h PmbZ, Konstantinos (Symbatios) (#3925).
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 196–197.
- ^ PmbZ, Leon V. (#4244/corr.).
- ^ PmbZ, Arsaber (#600), Theodosia (#7790).
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 197.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 188–189.
- ^ Bury 1912, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Browning 1965, p. 401.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 202–204.
- ^ a b PBE, Konstantinos 29.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 203.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 199.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 201–204.
- ^ Bury 1912, pp. 57–59.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 212–213.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 213.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, pp. 224–225.
- ^ Bury 1912, pp. 48–54.
- ^ Treadgold 1988, p. 224.
- ^ PBE, Basilios 54 & Gregorios 70.
Sources
- Browning, Robert (1965). "Notes on the "Scriptor Incertus de Leone Armenio"". Byzantion (in French). 35: 389–411.
- Bury, John Bagnell (1912), A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (A.D. 802–867), London: Macmillan and Co.
- ISBN 978-0-88402-045-5.
- Martindale, John; et al. (2015) [2001]. Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (641-867).
- ISBN 978-0-8047-1462-4.
- Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.