Anthimos III

Anthimos III was the emperor of Videssos. Born in the purple, Anthimos spent much of his reign growing up and having fun while his uncle, Petronas, acted as regent of the empire. Even after Anthimos reached full maturity, his uncle's hold on power was unshakable. When it became clear that Petronas would consider overthrowing Anthimos and act as avtokrator in his own right, Anthimos, with the assistance of his wife and vestiarios Krispos, had his uncle tonsured and incarcerated. Not showing any more interest in running the empire, Anthimos dabbled in sorcery, and tried killing Krispos when the vestiarios tried to get him to change his ways. The avtokrator ended up slaying himself with his sorcery, and Krispos became the new atvokrator of Videssos.