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Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasios_II_(emperor)
After the overthrowing of Justinian II by Phillippicus Bardanes, the empire went into a further time of chaos. Beset on all sides, Phillippicus was only concerned with imposing Monothelism on his subjects.
The Opsikian army dethroned Phillippicus and nominated Artemios, an imperial secretary, emperor. Taking the name Anastasios, he exectuted the very officers who offered him the throne. The death of the Caliph in 715 gave him an opportunity. He concentrated his navy in Rhodes, and dispatched an army under Leo the Isaurian to invade Syria.
Anastasios II was deposed by troops from the Opsikian theme. What happens if Anastasios keeps the throne?
After the overthrowing of Justinian II by Phillippicus Bardanes, the empire went into a further time of chaos. Beset on all sides, Phillippicus was only concerned with imposing Monothelism on his subjects.
The Opsikian army dethroned Phillippicus and nominated Artemios, an imperial secretary, emperor. Taking the name Anastasios, he exectuted the very officers who offered him the throne. The death of the Caliph in 715 gave him an opportunity. He concentrated his navy in Rhodes, and dispatched an army under Leo the Isaurian to invade Syria.
Anastasios II was deposed by troops from the Opsikian theme. What happens if Anastasios keeps the throne?
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