Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty

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The Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty was a period (8th–9th centuries) marked by strong military emperors, major administrative and legal reforms, and the contentious policy of Iconoclasm that reshaped the empire’s religious and political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
phase of the Byzantine Empire
country Byzantine Empire
dynasty Isaurian dynasty
endTime 802
followedBy Nikephorian dynasty
surface form: Byzantine Empire under Nikephorian dynasty
follows Heraclian dynasty
surface form: Byzantine Empire under Heraclian dynasty
hasCapital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
hasCharacteristic administrative reforms
legal reforms
religious conflict over icons
strong military emperors
hasConsequence shift of influence in Italy toward the Franks
worsening relations with the Papacy
hasCouncil Council of Hieria
Second Council of Nicaea
hasCulturalPolicy restriction of religious images
hasEconomicActivity Mediterranean trade
hasForeignRelation Kingdom of the Franks
surface form: Frankish Kingdom

Papacy
hasGovernmentForm autocratic monarchy
hasKeyEvent Byzantine Iconoclasm
surface form: First period of Byzantine Iconoclasm

Second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm
hasKeyPolicy Byzantine Iconoclasm
hasLegacy long-term impact on Byzantine religious art
restructuring of Byzantine administration and army
hasLegalText Ecloga
hasMilitaryConflict Arab–Byzantine wars
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
hasNotableFigure John of Damascus
Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople
Nikephoros I of Constantinople
surface form: Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople
hasOfficialLanguage Greek
hasOppositionGroup iconodules
hasReform legal codification under Leo III
military themata system consolidation
taxation reforms
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
hasRuler 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
hasSupportGroup iconoclasts
hasTerritorialChange defense and partial recovery of Asia Minor frontiers
loss of parts of Asia Minor to the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates
namedAfter Isauria
startTime 717
timePeriod 8th century
9th century

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Heraclian dynasty successorState Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
Isaurian dynasty hasPart Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
this entity surface form: reign of Leo III the Isaurian
Sophia historicalContext Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
this entity surface form: post-Justinian I Byzantine Empire
Theophanes the Confessor sourceFor Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
this entity surface form: reign of Leo III the Isaurian