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Little is known of the short reign …
Years: 716 - 716
Little is known of the short reign of Theodosios III, who immediately faces an Arab invasion deep into Anatolia and the advance of the Arab fleet.
Theodosius turns out to be quite unsuited to imperial office.
Arabic expansion at the expense of the Empire presumably precipitates the famous Roman-Bulgar treaty of 716, under which Constantinople agrees to pay annual tribute to khan Tervel (whom Justinian, prior to his second deposition, had made his son-in-law and named Caesar), further Roman-Bulgar commercial relations, and recognize the border in Thrace, where the Bulgars are to retain Zagora.
(This policy will pay off in 719 when they help relieve the Arabs’ second siege of Constantinople.)
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- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Thrace, Theme of
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Non-dynastic
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Years: 716 - 716
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Thrace, Theme of
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Non-dynastic
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions