<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anastasios II (Ἀναστάσιος Βʹ) </Td> <Td> June 713--November 715 </Td> <Td> Originally named Artemios . A bureaucrat and secretary under Philippikos, he was raised to the purple by the soldiers who overthrew Philippikos . Deposed by another military revolt, he led an abortive attempt to regain the throne in 718 and was killed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theodosios III (Θεοδόσιος Γʹ) </Td> <Td> May 715--25 March 717 </Td> <Td> A fiscal official, he was proclaimed emperor by the rebellious Opsician troops . Entered Constantinople in November 715 . Abdicated following the revolt of Leo the Isaurian and became a monk . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Reign </Th> <Th> Comments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leo III the Isaurian (Λέων Γʹ ὁ Ἴσαυρος) </Td> <Td> 25 March 717--18 June 741 </Td> <Td> Born c. 685 in Germanikeia, Commagene, he became a general . Rose in rebellion and secured the throne in spring 717 . Repelled the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople and initiated the Byzantine Iconoclasm . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Constantine V (Κωνσταντίνος Εʹ ὁ Κοπρώνυμος) </Td> <Td> 18 June 741--14 September 775 </Td> <Td> Born in July 718, the only son of Leo III . Co-emperor since 720, he succeeded upon his father's death . After overcoming the usurpation of Artabasdos, he continued his father's iconoclastic policies and won several victories against the Arabs and the Bulgars . He is given the surname "the Dung - named" by hostile later chroniclers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Artabasdos (Ἀρτάβασδος) </Td> <Td> June 741 / 742--2 November 743 </Td> <Td> General and son - in - law of Leo III, Count of the Opsician Theme . Led a revolt that secured Constantinople, but was defeated and deposed by Constantine V, who blinded and tonsured him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leo IV the Khazar (Λέων Δʹ ὁ Χάζαρος) </Td> <Td> 14 September 775--8 September 780 </Td> <Td> Born on 25 January 750 as the eldest son of Constantine V. Co-emperor since 751, he succeeded upon his father's death . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Constantine VI (Κωνσταντίνος ΣΤʹ) </Td> <Td> 8 September 780--August 797 </Td> <Td> Born in 771, the only child of Leo IV . Co-emperor in 776, sole emperor upon Leo's death in 780, until 790 under the regency of his mother, Irene of Athens . He was overthrown on Irene's orders, blinded and imprisoned, probably dying of his wounds shortly after . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Irene of Athens (Εἰρήνη ἡ Αθηναία) </Td> <Td> August 797--31 October 802 </Td> <Td> Born c. 752 in Athens, she married Leo IV . Regent for her son Constantine VI in 780--790, she overthrew him in 797 and became empress - regnant . Deposed in a palace coup in 802, she was exiled and died on 9 August 803 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Reign </Th> <Th> Comments </Th> </Tr>

In 285 a.d. this father of the late roman empire took power