Gregory launches a rebellion against Constans in…

646 CE

Gregory launches a rebellion against Constans in 646.

The obvious reason is the latter's support for Monotheletism, but it undoubtedly is also a reaction to the Muslim conquest of Egypt, and the threat it presents to imperial Africa.

The Arab chronicler al-Tabari on the other hand claims that Gregory's revolt was provoked by a levy of three hundred pounds of gold demanded by Constans.

Arab sources claim that after he was proclaimed emperor he minted coins with his own effigy, but none have so far been found.

It seems that both Maximus the Confessor and Pope Theodore I encouraged or at least supported Gregory in this venture.

The revolt seems to have found broad support among the populace as well, not only among the Romanized Africans, but also among the Berbers of the interior.

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