001 LEO III THE ISAURIAN

LEO III THE ISAURIAN

GREEK: Λέων Γ΄ ὁ Ἴσαυρος

Born: 685

Died: 18 June 741

Age at which he seized power: 32 years old

Original name: Konon

Place of birth: Germanikeia in the Syrian province of Commagene (modern Turkey)

Period of reign: 25 March 717 – 18 June 741

BYZANTINE CALENDAR

BYZANTINE CALENDAR Month Day Event January     February     March 25 Begins the reign of Leo III The Isaurian April     May     June 18 Leo III died, ends its reign July     August     September 14 Constantine V died, ends its reign October     November     December

EMPERORS

EMPERORS

The Byzantine Empire had many emperors. Is very interesting to find goods and bad emperors, intelligent and non-intelligent emperors, reformers and contra-reformers emperors and so on.

Will be analyzed the different emperors randomly.