A set of forgeries attributed to a ruler with this name inspired pseudo-Joachim of Fiore to prophesize the rise of a bald-headed messiah. Scandal broke out after that ruler with this name married for the fourth time to a woman named for her “coal-black eyes.” The so-called Twenty Years’ Anarchy was ended by a different ruler with this name who allied with Khan Tervel during a 717–718 siege. A ruler with this name who authored the Taktiká was nicknamed for being well-read, unlike his illiterate father, who founded the Macedonian dynasty. Along with his son Constantine V, a ruler with this name updated portions of a predecessor’s Corpus Juris Civilis for the Ecloga. The signature policy of a ruler with this name was reversed by Empress Irene. For 10 points, give this name of an iconoclastic Byzantine emperor known as “the Isaurian ■END■
ANSWER: Leo [or Léōn; accept Leo III the Isaurian, Leo III the Assyrian, Leo III the Syrian, or Leo VI the Wise] (Leo VI’s fourth wife was Zoe Karbonopsina.)
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