Talk:Constantine V

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I liked that remark about Constantine V persecuting nuns and monks by forcing them to hold hands in the Hippodrome. I always was against holding hands in church. I never do it, especially if it's a guy next to me. Smartalec

Constantine V

One of the greatest emperors ever.A great general, and an innovative ruler.Crushed the caliphate and rescued europe from the arabs.Also crused the Bulgars and humiliated the Pope by saying "I am the king and the priest" when the pope didn't obey him. This article needs expansion.

Only did it in there bloodiest civil war when they couldn’t afford to send an army to the northern front, afterwards abbasids came and crushed byzantines and they started paying the jizyah bruh — Preceding unsigned comment added by FF0010 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Copronymous

Someone needs to find out and write up why history calls him Copronymous (Poop Name) Marty4286 21:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

It's already there. "Iconophiles considered his death a divine punishment. They spread the rumour that he had defecated in his baptismal font as a baby, and began to refer to him as Kopronymos." Adam Bishop 22:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

-Theophanes uses the term "kopronymos". See "Annus Mundi 6211" for the entry, or pp. 91-92 in Turtledove's translation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.159.122.236 (talk) 20:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Image Worship?

I posit that the use of the phrase "image worship" in this article endorses the point of view of Iconoclasm and ought to be changed. The veneration of icons is not image worship, and is only refered to as such by its detractors. I will try and remember to check back in a while, and change this if there aren't legitimate objections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.120.38 (talk) 01:31, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree, "veneration" of images is the NPOV term - not in itself either iconodule or iconoclast - while calling it "worship" is specifically iconoclast. Changing text accordingly. Vilĉjo (talk) 14:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Constantine is not a writer !!

Hi there The lead says below Constantine v that he’s a writer This is a fat mistake right? Whatsupkarren (talk) 18:34, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

No, the lead says that he was vilified by iconodule writers. However, in the text it does say that he wrote 13 theological treatises, so was a writer as well as being an emperor. Urselius (talk) 08:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Declaration

As i did read the sources put in the article, i strangely didn’t find anything approving in the claim put After reading the contemporary sources, still couldn’t find anything about it, and it didn’t mention that an army marched at that year. I would politely ask to remove this claim, since no sources approves in it. FF0010 (talk) 23:21, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

• "As i did read the sources put in the article..."

Really?

• "Leo III and the Isaurian dynasty (717-802)", Charles Diehl,The Cambridge Medieval History, Vol 4: The eastern Roman empire, ed. J.B. Bury, Cambridge University Press; "Most certainly Constantine V was , even more than his father , autocratic , violent , passionate , harsh , and often terrifying . ... Such was his military reputation that in 757 the Arabs retreated at the bare rumour of his approach".

As cited in the article;

• Bury, J.B. (1923) The Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 4: The Eastern Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ISBN 9781456581633 --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:34, 5 November 2022 (UTC)