Back Konstantyn V van Bisantium Afrikaans Konstantin V. (Byzanz) ALS Constantín V AN قسطنطين الخامس Arabic قسطنطين الخامس ARZ Constantín V AST V Konstantin (imperator) Azerbaijani بئشینجی کونستانتین AZB Константин V Копроним Bulgarian Konstantin V Kopronim BS
| Constantine V | |
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| Reign | 18 June 741 – 14 September 775 |
| Coronation | 31 March 720[1] |
| Predecessor | Leo III the Isaurian |
| Successor | Leo IV the Khazar |
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| Born | July 718[2] Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | 14 September 775 (aged 57) |
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| Dynasty | Isaurian |
| Father | Leo III the Isaurian |
| Mother | Maria |
| Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity |
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Constantine V (Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Kōnstantīnos; Latin: Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able military leader, Constantine took advantage of civil war in the Muslim world to make limited offensives on the Arab frontier. With this eastern frontier secure, he undertook repeated campaigns against the Bulgars in the Balkans. His military activity, and policy of settling Christian populations from the Arab frontier in Thrace, made Byzantium's hold on its Balkan territories more secure. He was also responsible for important military and administrative innovations and reforms.
Religious strife and controversy was a prominent feature of his reign. His fervent support of iconoclasm and opposition to monasticism led to his vilification by some contemporary commentators and the majority of later Byzantine writers, who denigrated him with the nicknames "Dung-Named" (Ancient Greek: Κοπρώνυμος, romanized: Koprónymos), because he allegedly defaecated during his baptism,[3][1] similarly "Anointed with Urine" (Ancient Greek: Οὐραλύφιος, romanized: Ouralýphios),[4] and "the Equestrian" (Ancient Greek: Καβαλλίνος, romanized: Kaballinos), referencing the excrement of horses.[3][5]
- ^ a b PBE (2001) Konstantinos 7 (#3703)
- ^ Nikephoros 1990, p. 125 (chapter 56).
- ^ a b Cholij, Roman (2002). Theodore the Stoudite: The Ordering of Holiness. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-924846-9.
- ^ Lampte, G.W.H. (1961). A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Clarendon. pp. 977, after Theodore the Studite.
- ^ Bury, J. B. (1889). A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.). p. 462. ISBN 978-1-4021-8368-3.