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Justinian II

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Justinian II
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(Biographies / Justinian II (669-711) M, Byzantine, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 669-711 ad, Byzantine emperor (685-95, 705-11). Banished (695) after a revolt against his oppressive rule, he regained the throne with the help of the Bulgars. He was killed in a second revolt


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It is no coincidence that this is in the period of Justinian II, the first emperor to put Christ on his coinage, using the bearded Zeus look that evolved into the standard Byzantine image of Christ the Pantokrator.
When Emperor Justinian II convoked the Council of Trullo (in Constantinople) in 691, the practice of married priests and bishops had become dominant in that region.
 
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