Twenty Years' Anarchy
Period of acute internal instability in the Byzantine Empire from 695 to 717 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Twenty Years' Anarchy is a historiographic term used by some modern scholars[1][2][3] for the period of acute internal instability in the Byzantine Empire marked by the rapid succession of several emperors to the throne between the first deposition of Justinian II in 695 and the ascent of Leo III the Isaurian to the throne in 717, marking the beginning of the Isaurian dynasty.
Quick Facts Byzantine EmpireΒασιλεία Ῥωμαίων (Ancient Greek) Imperium Romanum (Latin), Capital ...
Byzantine Empire | |||||||||
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695–717 | |||||||||
Capital | Constantinople | ||||||||
Common languages | Greek Latin | ||||||||
Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||
• 695–698 | Leontius | ||||||||
• 698–705 | Tiberius III | ||||||||
• 705–711 | Justinian II (restored; second term) | ||||||||
• 711–713 | Philippicus | ||||||||
• 713–715 | Anastasius II | ||||||||
• 715–717 | Theodosius III | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• First deposition of Justinian II | 695 | ||||||||
• Deposition of Theodosius III | 717 | ||||||||
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