BYZANTINE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE V, 'THE DUNG-NAMED': GENERAL, PATRIARCH, ICONOCLAST, REFORMER.
Code: B250
Price: £25
Category(s): New Books, Ancient to Medieval,
192pp., 16 plates. 2025. Constantine V, was the second East Roman (Byzantine) emperor of the Isaurian Dynasty. A masterful general, who halted the Arab Umayyad advance and went on the counter attack, he was loved by the fighting men of the East till well after his death.