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 Byzantine Empire under Nikephorian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Nikephorian dynasty
follows Byzantine Empire under Heraclian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Heraclian dynasty
hasCapital 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 Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm autocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasKeyEvent 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Constantine VI ⓘ
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 → reign of Leo III the Isaurian ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
Sophia → historicalContext → post-Justinian I Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
Theophanes the Confessor → sourceFor → reign of Leo III the Isaurian ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty
Siege of Amorium → commandedBySide → Byzantine Empire – Emperor Theophilos ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty