Turkey / Byzantium: Leo III (685-741) and Constantine V (718-775), Byzantine emperors, from the book Icones imperatorvm romanorvm (Icons of Roman Emperors), Antwerp, c. 1645

Turkey / Byzantium: Leo III (685-741) and Constantine V (718-775), Byzantine emperors, from the book Icones imperatorvm romanorvm (Icons of Roman Emperors), Antwerp, c. 1645. Leo III served under Emperor Justinian II when the emperor was attempting to reclaim his throne. After Justinian's victory, Leo was sent to fight against the Umayyad Caliphate, and was appointed as overall commander by Emperor Anastasius II. Leo became ambitious, and he conspired to overthrow the new Emperor Theodosius III. Entering Constantinople in 717 he forced Theodosius to abdicate. He was succeeded by his son and heir, Constantine V, also known as Constantine the Dung-named.

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