A war by this name started when the rebel leader Longinus of Cardala was exiled, and was joined by a bishop named CononÂ—that rebellion was squashed by two generals John Gibbo, aka John the Hunchback, and John the Scythian.
A war by this name started when the rebel leader Longinus of Cardala was exiled, and was joined by a bishop named CononÂ—that rebellion was squashed by two generals John Gibbo, aka John the Hunchback, and John the Scythian. A dynasty by this name included a ruler who divorced his wife Mary of Amnia and sent her to a nunnery, after which he used the Abbot Joseph to marry his mistress, in an episode called the ";Moechian Controversy,' which prompted a revolt against him by Theodore the Studite. This term names a war in 492 CE fought off by the Emperor Anastasius I, and a dynasty whose founder won the Battle of Akroinon and issued the Ecloga law code.  That dynasty's history was chronicled by Theophanes the Confessor, and included a ruler who allegedly defecated in his baptismal font, earning the cognomen";Copronymus."; For 10 points, name this Byzantine dynasty which included Empress Irene andthe iconoclastic Leo III.
A war by this name started when the rebel leader Longinus of Cardala was exiled, and was joined by a bishop named CononÂ—that rebellion was squashed by two generals John Gibbo, aka John the Hunchback, and John the Scythian.
Isaurian [or Isauria; the Isaurian War or Isaurian Dynasty]