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Tiberius III (Apsimaros) and Anastasius II (Artemius) were considered to be two of the better emperors during the Twenty Years Anarchy. Tiberius achieved several victories over the Umayyads and attempted to reorganise the imperial administration and repopulate Cyprus, while Anastasius replaced the Monothelite Philippikos Bardanes, imposed discipline on the army and ordered a new fleet built and the walls of Constantinople repaired, which may have contributed to the Roman victory at the later Umayyad siege of Constantinople. What might have happened if either of them were not overthrown?
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