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
From his time forward his own special foundation at Byzantium declined more and more, until the emperor who represented him became, in Leo, the Isaurian, and his son Kopronymus, the greatest enemy of the Church.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
A few months before, Leo the Isaurian had ascended the throne and prepared the city for the siege.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
He strengthened his title to the crown by a marriage with the last scion of the Isaurian house, the princess Euphrosyne, daughter of the blind Constantine VI.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
The empire had at its disposal at this moment the best soldier that it had possessed since the death of Leo the Isaurian.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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