Leo's actions have severely strained relations with…

739 CE

Leo's actions have severely strained relations with the papacy, causing the pope to turn increasingly to the Frankish kings as alternative protectors of the Holy See in Rome and weakening the imperial position in the Italian peninsula.

Leo retaliates against Gregory by halting financial contributions to the papacy from southern Italy.

The successive popes Gregory II and Gregory III have turned away from Constantinople because of increased imperial taxation, the emperor's policy of iconoclasm, and Constantinople's failure to protect Rome adequately.

Liutprand seizes four cities of the Duchy of Rome in 739.

Pope Gregory appeals to Charles Martel, the Frankish ruler of Gaul, but Charles, who had been Liutprand's ally against the Saracens in Provence, refuses aid.

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Charles Martel View → Leo III the Isaurian View → Liutprand View → Pope Gregory III View →

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Franks View → Lombards (West Germanic tribe) View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Rome, Duchy of View → Lombards (Italy), Kingdom of the View → Ravenna, Exarchate of View → Naples, Duchy of View → Francia (mayors of the palaces of Austrasia and Neustria) View → Sicily (theme) View → Saracens View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Isaurian dynasty View →

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Migration Period Pessimum View → Byzantine Papacy View → Iconoclastic period, first View →

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