Leontios
Leontios was the Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698, a general who seized the throne from Justinian II and then lost it after one of the most consequential military defeats in Byzantine history. His brief reign was dominated by disaster in North Africa. The Arab general Hasan ibn al-Nu'man launched a major offensive against Byzantine Carthage. Carthage fell in 698, and the Arab conquest of North Africa was effectively complete. The returning Byzantine fleet proclaimed one of their officers - Apsimar - as emperor under the name Tiberios. Leontios was overthrown, mutilated by rhinotomy, and exiled to a monastery. He survived there until 706, when Justinian II had him publicly strangled.
- Lived: 660 CE – 706 CE
- Nationality: byzantine
- Roles: emperor, head_of_state, military_leader
