Constantine V Kopronymos or Copronymus (718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. Throughout his reign, he was a fervent enforcer of iconoclasm, more so than his father, Leo III the Isaurian.
Constantine V's iconoclasm was particularly unnerving to the people of Abrostola, who were quite fond of iconography.[1] Thus, when a farmer named Theodore was murdered, the village decided to handle it themselves rather than report it to Lankinos, the governor of the Anatolic Theme.[2]
During the reign of Leo III, Myakes, the former guard captain of the late emperor Justinian II, wondered aloud about an anecdote that the Emperor's infant son Constantine defecated into the baptismal fountain during his baptism. In Myakes' opinion, this hinted that Constantine would be unequal to the task of ruling the Byzantine Empire.[3]
