Twenty Years' Anarchy

In the year 695 AD, Justinian II, the last emperor of the Heraclian line, was mutilated and exiled to Chersonesus. In his place was crowned a military commander named Leontius.

⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Leontius
1:48 - Tiberius III
5:35 - Justinian II
9:54 - Philippicus
11:01 - Anastasius II
12:53 - Theodosius III
14:34 - Siege of Constantinople

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Army of Darkness - Eoin Mantell
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Collapsing - Reynard Seidel
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Zero Hour - Reynard Seidel
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📚 Main sources
John Haldon, The Empire That Would Not Die: Harvard; 2016
Jean-Claude Cheynet, Le Monde Byzantin II - L'empire byzantin (641-1204): puf; 2012

🌐 Online resources
Wikipedia fr eng, 2023
World History Encyclopedia, 2023
Roman-emperors.org, 2022
The History of Byzantium Podcast https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/
Byzantine Battles : https://byzantium.gr/battles.html
Historical Maps on Youtube

🖼️ Picture credits
Illustrations of the reign of Justinian II, Astromentum on Wikipedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Coins of emperors, Classical Numismatic Group on Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.5
Coins of caliphs, Classical Numismatic Group on Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0
Aqueduct of Zaghouan, Royonx on Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0