The folk of Constantinople will in later…
October 775 CE
The folk of Constantinople will in later centuries stand by the tomb of Constantine V, seeking his aid against whatever enemy imperils the city's defenses.
Constantine's contemporaries will remember him for his persecution of monks who opposed his iconoclastic position.
However, even the venom used by the iconodule chroniclers of Constantine's reign cannot disguise the enormous popularity of his military achievements, which will be appreciated by later historians.
Constantine's son, known as Leo the Khazar, succeeds him as Leo IV.