The Exarch Olympius, hostile to the Monothelitism…

652 CE

The Exarch Olympius, hostile to the Monothelitism imposed by Emperor Constans II, eventually decides to switch his allegiance and sides with the Pope, simultaneously declaring himself emperor.

He marches into Sicily in 652, either to fight the Saracens or the local imperial forces.

His army is stricken by an unknown disease, which kills Olympius this same year.

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Syracuse > Siracusa Sicilia Italy View →

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Constans II View → Olympius View → Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople View → Pope Martin I View →

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Christians, Monophysite View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Rome, Duchy of View → Ravenna, Exarchate of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty View → Christians, Monotheletist View →

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