Isaurian
Britishadjective
noun
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In 726, the Emperor Leo the Isaurian ordered all icons within the Byzantine realm destroyed to discourage idolatry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Basil is mainly remembered for his codification of the laws of the empire, which superseded the Ecloga of Leo the Isaurian, even as Leo's compilation had superseded the more solid and thorough work of Justinian.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
All the mailed horsemen of Heraclius, his Armenian and Isaurian archers, his solid phalanx of infantry, were insufficient to resist the wild rush of the Arabs.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
From the death of Justinian to the end of the Heraclian dynasty matters grew gradually worse; from the rise of Leo the Isaurian onward they began slowly to improve.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
The Iconoclastic controversy was far from being extinguished with the fall of the house of Leo the Isaurian.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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