Editing List of Byzantine emperors (section)

== Isaurian (Syrian) dynasty (717–802) ==
{{Main|Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty}}
{{Legend|#EBEBEB|({{Hash-tag}}) – Ambiguous legitimacy{{Efn|name=ambig}}}}

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|+ {{Sronly|Isaurian dynasty}}
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| [[File:Solidus of Leo III sb1504.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]]''' "the Isaurian"<br/>{{Small|Λέων}}{{Efn|Latin ceased being used in coin inscriptions under Leo III.{{Sfn|Grierson|1973|p=177}}}}
| 25 March 717 – 18 June 741<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|717|3|25|741|6|18}})}}
| Born {{Circa|685}} in [[Kahramanmaraş|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]].

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| [[File:Solidus of Constantine V (transparent background).png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Constantine V]]''' "Copronymus"<br/>{{Small|Κωνσταντῖνος}}
| 18 June 741 – 14 September 775<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|741|6|18|775|9|14}})}}
| 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.

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| style="background:#EBEBEB" | [[File:Solidus of Artabasdos.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#EBEBEB" | '''[[Artabasdos]]''' ({{Hash-tag}})<br/>{{Small|Ἀρτάβασδος}}
| style="background:#EBEBEB" | June 741 – 2 November 743<br/>{{Small|(2 years and 5 months)<hr/>''with'' [[Nikephoros (son of Artabasdos)|'''Nikephoros''', son of Artabasdos]] (741–743)}}
| General and son-in-law of Leo III, [[Opsikion|Count of the Opsician Theme]]. Led a revolt that secured Constantinople, but was defeated and deposed by Constantine V, who [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] and tonsured him.

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| [[File:Solidus of Leo IV and Constantine VI.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Leo IV the Khazar|Leo IV]]''' "the Khazar"<br/>{{Small|Λέων}}
| 14 September 775 – 8 September 780<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|775|9|14|780|9|8}})}}
| Born on 25 January 750 as the eldest son of Constantine V. Co-emperor since 751, he succeeded upon his father's death.

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| [[File:Solidus of Constantine VI.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Constantine VI]]''' "the Blind"<br/>{{Small|Κωνσταντῖνος}}
| 8 September 780 – 19 August 797<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|780|9|8|797|8|19}})}}
| Born in 771, the only child of Leo IV. Co-emperor since 14 April 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, [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] and imprisoned, probably dying of his wounds shortly after.

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| [[File:Solidus of Irene.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Irene of Athens|Irene]]'''<br/>{{Small|Εἰρήνη}}
| 19 August 797 – 31 October 802<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|797|8|19|802|10|31}})}}
| Born {{Circa|752}} in [[Athens]], she married Leo IV on 3 November 768 and was crowned empress on 17 December. Regent for her son Constantine VI in 780–790, she dethroned and blinded him in 797 and became empress-regnant. In 787 she called the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] which condemned the practice of [[iconoclasm]] and restored the [[veneration]] of [[icon]]s to Christian practice. Deposed in a palace coup in 802, she was exiled and died on 9 August 803.

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