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| Name |
Leon V De Byzancio |
| Prefix |
Emperor |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Dec 820 |
| Person ID |
I62226 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Leo V on a contemporary coinLeo V, surnamed The Armenian (775 - 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, after first distinguishing himself as a general in the reigns of Nicephorus I and Michael I.
After rendering good service on behalf of the latter in a war with the Arabs in 812, he was summoned in 813 to co-operate in a campaign against the Bulgars. Taking advantage of the disaffection among the troops, he left Michael in the lurch at the Battle of Adrianople and subsequently led a successful revolution against him. Leo justified his usurpation by repeatedly defeating the Bulgars who had been contemplating the siege of Constantinople (814-817).
His vigorous measures of repression against the Paulicians and image-worshippers roused considerable opposition, and after a conspiracy under his friend Michael Psellus had been foiled by the imprisonment of its leader, Leo was assassinated in the palace chapel on Christmas Eve, 820.
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- [S1344] Adontz, N., Adontz (1965), (Lisbon: Livraria Bertrand (Bibliotheque Armenienne de la Fundation Calluste Gulbenkian), 1965.), pp. 37-46. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1362] Pasdermadjian, H., Pasdermadjian (1986), (Paris: Librairie Orientale H. Samuelian, 1986.), pp. 189-196. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1349] Toumanoff, C., Toumanoff (1976), (Roma: Edizioni Aquila, 1976.), 110:2 (Reliability: 3).
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