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Also Known As Leo the Isaurian
Born c.675 or c.680 • Byzantine Empire
Died June 18, 741 • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office emperor (717-741), Byzantine Empire
Role In Iconoclastic Controversy • Second Council of Nicaea

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