This article is about the emperor. For the religious figure, see Constantine V of Constantinople.
Constantine V
Emperor of the Romans
Solidus of Constantine V.
Byzantine emperor
Reign
18 June 741 – 14 September 775
Coronation
31 March 720[1]
Predecessor
Leo III the Isaurian
Successor
Leo IV the Khazar
Rival emperors
Artabasdos (741–43) Nikephoros (741–43)
Born
July 718[2] Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
14 September 775 (aged 57)
Wives
Tzitzak ("Irene of Khazaria")
Maria
Eudokia
Issue
Leo IV Nikephoros Christopher Niketas Eudokimos Anthimos Anthousa
Dynasty
Isaurian
Father
Leo III the Isaurian
Mother
Maria
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity
Constantine V (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. 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.
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 later Byzantine historians and writers, who denigrated him with the nicknames "the Dung-Named" (Greek: Κοπρώνυμος, translit. Koprónimos; Latin: Copronymus), because he allegedly defaecated during his baptism,[3] similarly "Anointed with Urine" (Greek: Οὐραλύφιος, translit. Ouralýphios; Latin: Uralyphius),[4][5] and "the Equestrian" (Greek: Καβαλλινος, translit. Kaballinos; Latin: Caballinus), referencing the excrement of horses.[6]
However, the Byzantine Empire enjoyed a period of increasing internal prosperity during Constantine's reign. He was also responsible for important military and administrative innovations and reforms.
^PBE (2001) Konstantinos 7 (#3703)
^Nikephoros 1990, p. 125 (chapter 56).
^Cholij, Roman (2002). Theodore the Stoudite: The Ordering of Holiness. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780199248469.
^Lampte, G.W.H. (1961). A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford at Clarendon Press. p. 977.
^G. W. H. Lampe, A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford at Clarendon Press, 1961, p. 977.
^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.
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