Constantine V Copronymus

Constantine V Copronymus becomes emperor - even more violent iconoclast than his father Leo III, called 'dung-named'

Iconoclast Council of Hieria - Constantine V convenes council declaring images idolatrous, no patriarchs attend

Mass persecution of iconodules - Constantine V forces monks to marry in hippodrome, many martyred

Death of Constantine V Copronymus - dies on campaign, body later exhumed and burned by iconodules