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Leo (2)

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name of six emperors of the East, of which the chief was Leo III., surnamed the Isaurian, born in Isauria; raised to the imperial throne by the army, defeated by sea and land the Saracens who threatened Constantinople; ruled peacefully for nine years, when he headed the iconoclast movement (

hich provoked hostility and led to the revolt of Italy from the Greek empire; d . 741.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leo (2)'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/leo-2.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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