Isaurian dynasty

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The Isaurian dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family of the 8th–9th centuries known for its military emperors and for initiating the period of Iconoclasm in the Eastern Roman Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Isaurian dynasty canonical 19
Amorian dynasty 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine imperial dynasty
capital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
conflict Arab–Byzantine wars
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
surface form: Bulgar–Byzantine wars

Arab–Byzantine wars
surface form: Byzantine–Abbasid wars

Arab–Byzantine wars
surface form: Byzantine–Umayyad wars
country Byzantine Empire
dissolved accession of Nikephoros I
deposition of Constantine VI
dynasticEthnicOrigin Isaurian
Syrian
endTime 802
followedBy Nikephorian dynasty
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
hasMember Anna of Constantinople
Caesar Anthimos (son of Constantine V)
Caesar Christopher (son of Leo IV)
surface form: Caesar Christopher (son of Constantine V)

Caesar Christopher (son of Leo IV)
Caesar Eudokimos (son of Constantine V)
Caesar Nikephoros (son of Constantine V)
Caesar Nikephoros (son of Constantine V)
surface form: Caesar Niketas (son of Constantine V)

Constantine V
Emperor Constantine VI
surface form: Constantine VI

Empress Irene of Athens
surface form: Irene of Athens

Leo III the Isaurian
Leo IV the Khazar
Maria of Amnia
hasPart regency of Irene of Athens
Constantine V
surface form: reign of Constantine V

reign of Constantine VI
Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
surface form: reign of Leo III the Isaurian

reign of Leo IV the Khazar
inception accession of Leo III the Isaurian
knownFor Byzantine Iconoclasm
military emperors
languageUsed Greek
namedAfter Isauria
notableEvent Battle of Akroinon
Council of Hieria
Byzantine Iconoclasm
surface form: First period of Byzantine Iconoclasm

Second Council of Nicaea
Second Arab siege of Constantinople (717–718)
surface form: Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
partOf Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
precededBy Heraclian dynasty
religion Chalcedonian Christianity
startTime 717
territoryIncludes Aegean islands
Anatolia
Thrace
parts of the Balkans

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empress Irene of Athens dynasty Isaurian dynasty
Heraclian dynasty followedBy Isaurian dynasty
Emperor Constantine VI dynasty Isaurian dynasty
subject surface form: Constantine VI
Emperor Constantine VI house Isaurian dynasty
subject surface form: Constantine VI
Macedonian dynasty precededBy Isaurian dynasty
this entity surface form: Amorian dynasty
Isaurians associatedWithDynasty Isaurian dynasty
Constantine V dynasty Isaurian dynasty
Euphrosyne dynasty Isaurian dynasty
Irene (daughter of Constantine VI) house Isaurian dynasty
regency of Irene of Athens chronologicalWithin Isaurian dynasty
subject surface form: Regency of Irene of Athens
regency of Irene of Athens hasDynasty Isaurian dynasty
subject surface form: Regency of Irene of Athens
House of Heraclius followedBy Isaurian dynasty
Maria of Amnia dynasty Isaurian dynasty
Battle of Akroinon associatedDynasty Isaurian dynasty
Leo IV the Khazar memberOf Isaurian dynasty
Leo IV the Khazar dynasty Isaurian dynasty
Leo IV the Khazar house Isaurian dynasty
Leo III the Isaurian dynasty Isaurian dynasty