{"slug": "constantine-v", "label": "Constantine V", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_V", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41635", "qid": "Q41635", "description": "emperor of Byzantium", "entries": 22, "years": 20, "span": [718, 812], "span_label": ["718 CE", "812 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "leo-iii-the-isaurian", "label": "Leo III the Isaurian", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "balkan-mountains", "label": "Balkan Mountains", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "political-mutilation-in-byzantine-culture", "label": "Political mutilation in Byzantine culture", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-iconoclasm", "label": "Byzantine Iconoclasm", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arab-muslims", "label": "Arab Muslims", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bulgars", "label": "Bulgars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (d. 775)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Births", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Leo III secures the Byzantine frontier, by inviting Slavic settlers into the depopulated districts of the Thracesian Theme (western Asia Minor). He undertakes a set of civil reforms, and reorganizes the theme structure in the Aegean region. Leo's 2-year-old son Constantine V is associated on the throne, and married to Tzitzak, daughter of the Khazar ruler (khagan) Bihar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 732, "year_label": "732 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine Emperor Leo III marries his 15 year old son Constantine to Tzitzak (later baptised as Irene), the daughter of the Khazar Khagan Bihar, as a sign of diplomatic unity between the Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khaganate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808703#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "732", "revid": 1340808703, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Emperor Leo III (\"the Isaurian\") dies of dropsy at Constantinople, after a 24-year reign that has saved the Byzantine Empire and delivered Eastern Europe from the threat of an Arab conquest. He is succeeded by his son Constantine V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Constantine V defeats his brother-in-law Artabasdos, who has led a two-year insurrection in an attempt to usurp the Byzantine throne. He heads for Constantinople, and captures the capital three months later. Artabasdos and his son Niketas are publicly blinded, and relegated to the monastery of Chora. Constantine renews his policy of Iconoclasm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab–Byzantine Wars: Taking advantage of discontent among the Muslim Arabs, Emperor Constantine V invades Syria, and captures Germanikeia (modern Turkey). He organises the resettlement of part of the local Christian population in Thrace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 747, "year_label": "747 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Constantine V destroys the Arab fleet off Cyprus, with the aid of ships from the Italian city-states, breaking the naval power of the Umayyad Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468436#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "AD 747", "revid": 1364468436, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 751, "year_label": "751 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June", "text": "June – Leo IV, son of Emperor Constantine V, is crowned co-emperor at Constantinople. Only a year or so after his mother Irene died, Constantine's second wife Maria dies, at approximately the same time as Leo's coronation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809785#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "751", "revid": 1340809785, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 754, "year_label": "754 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February", "text": "February – Council of Hieria: Emperor Constantine V summons a Christian council in the palace of Hieria in Constantinople. The council, under the presidency of Bishop Theodosius of Ephesus, supports the policy of Iconoclasm and condemning the use of religious images (icons) in the Byzantine Empire. Constantine increases the persecution of the monasteries; hundreds of monks and nuns are mutilated or put to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360259946#Religion", "title": "754", "revid": 1360259946, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V builds a series of fortifications along the Byzantine frontier on the Danube, and starts settling Christian Armenians and Syrians in the Thracesian Theme. In response, Kormisosh, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, demands the payment of tribute. Constantine refuses, and the Bulgars raid into Thrace, reaching the Anastasian Wall stretching between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara (near the outskirts of Constantinople).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nikephoros, son of Constantine V (or 758)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Births", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nikephoros, son of Constantine V (or 756)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Births", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 759, "year_label": "759 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Rishki Pass: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria again, but his forces are ambushed and defeated while crossing the Rishki Pass, near Stara Planina (modern Bulgaria). The Bulgarian ruler (khagan) Vinekh does not exploit his success, and begins peace negotiations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847712#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "759", "revid": 1340847712, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Battle of Anchialus: Emperor Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (800 ships and 9,600 cavalry) to Thrace, to defend the fortress city of Anchialus on the Black Sea Coast. Meanwhile, Telets, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, blocks the mountain passes and takes positions on the heights near Anchialus. During a desperate cavalry charge, the Bulgars are defeated and many are captured; Telets manages to escape. Constantine enters Constantinople in triumph, and kills all the prisoners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 766, "year_label": "766 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – Emperor Constantine V publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios, and blinds and exiles the rest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073182#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "766", "revid": 1267073182, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 767, "year_label": "767 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria across the Balkan Mountains, setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of Pliska. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with Pagan, the Bulgar ruler (khagan), whose land is in anarchy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350246348#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "AD 767", "revid": 1350246348, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 773, "year_label": "773 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Pavia: Charlemagne besieges Pavia, which is poorly stocked with food. King Desiderius remains in the capital, and orders his son Adalgis to defend Verona to guard Gerberga, and the children of Carloman I. After a short siege, Adalgis flees to Constantinople, where he is received by Emperor Constantine V. Meanwhile, the Franks capture the cities of Verona and Mortara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369635460#Europe", "title": "773", "revid": 1369635460, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Berzitia: The Bulgarian ruler (khagan) Telerig sends a small raiding army (12,000 men) to strike into the southwest of Macedonia, and capture Berzitia. Emperor Constantine V is informed about this raid by his spies in Pliska, and assembles an enormous force (80,000 men). He surprises the Bulgarians, who did not expect to find a Byzantine army there, and defeats them decisively. The Bulgars suffer heavy losses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 775, "year_label": "775 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848014#Deaths", "title": "775", "revid": 1340848014, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 775, "year_label": "775 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Emperor Constantine V dies while on a campaign in Bulgaria. In his 34-year reign he has suppressed monasticism and image worship, restored aqueducts, revived commerce, and repopulated Constantinople. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old son Leo IV (\"the Khazar\"), who continues Constantine's campaigns against the Bulgars and Muslim Arabs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848014#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "775", "revid": 1340848014, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 776, "year_label": "776 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Emperor Leo IV (\"the Khazar\") appoints his 5-year-old son Constantine VI co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire. This leads to an uprising, led by one of Leo's half-brothers, Caesar Nikephoros, the second son of former emperor Constantine V. The revolt is quickly suppressed. Fortunately for Nikephoros, his only punishment is to be stripped of his titles, while the rest of the conspirators are blinded, tonsured, and exiled to Cherson (southern Crimea) under guard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848048#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "776", "revid": 1340848048, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 812, "year_label": "812 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Nikephoros, son of Constantine V (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345909676#Deaths", "title": "812", "revid": 1345909676, "section": "Deaths"}}]}