Leo III the Isaurian (Greek: Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος, romanized: Leōn ho Isauros; c. 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was the first Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty from 717 until his death in 741. [1]

Leo III was a Byzantine emperor (717–741), who founded the Isaurian, or Syrian, dynasty, successfully resisted Arab invasions, and engendered a century of conflict within the empire by banning the use of religious images (icons).

2017年12月4日 · Leo III was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 717 to 741 CE. He founded the Isaurian dynasty which ruled until 802 CE. The emperor was a talented administrator, and he revamped the empire's political apparatus and legal code.

Leo III the Isaurian, also Leo III the Syrian (Greek: Λέων Γ΄, Leōn III), was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 717 to 741. While he ended a period of political instability in the empire and made a number of civil reforms, he issued a series of edicts against veneration of images that set the Orthodox Church in turmoil for ...

LEO III, BYZANTINE EMPEROR. March 25, 717, to June 18, 741; b. Germaniceia, northern Syria, c. 675. Leo was transferred with his parents to Thrace by justinian ii. He first came into prominence in 705, when he helped Justinian regain his throne. Justinian rewarded him with the title of spatharius and later sent him on a mission to the Caucasus.

Leo III, known as Leo the Isaurian, (born c. 675, Germanicia, Commagene, Syria—died June 18, 741, Constantinople), Byzantine emperor (717–41), founder of the Isaurian dynasty. A high-ranking military commander, he seized the throne with the help of Arab armies who hoped to subjugate the Byzantine Empire.

2018年6月8日 · Leo III (ca. 680-741), called the Isaurian, was Byzantine emperor from 717 to 741. He rescued the empire from disaster and began the containment of the Arabs' eastern advance. He also initiated the controversial Iconoclastic movement.

2024年10月10日 · Explore the reign of Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor who reformed laws, defended Constantinople, and sparked the Iconoclastic Controversy, shaping Byzantine history for centuries.

2000年11月25日 · Leo III, founder of the so-called "Isaurian" dynasty, was not of Asia Minor provenance as the faulty epithet "the Isaurian" suggests, but was born in Germanicia, North Syria, circa 685. His original name may have been, as Gero suggests, Konon.

Leo III was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 717 to 741 CE. He founded the Isaurian dynasty which ruled until 802 CE. The emperor was a talented administrator, and he revamped the empire's political apparatus and legal code.