Anastasius II

Artemius, who took the name Anastasius II (died 719), was a senior imperial secretary when the Opsikion army blinded the Monothelete emperor Philippicus in 713 and raised him to the throne. He restored Orthodoxy by replacing patriarch John VI with Germanus I and repaired relations with Pope Constantine, while rebuilding the fleet against an expected Umayyad attack.

In 715 the fleet mutinied off Rhodes and proclaimed Theodosius III; Anastasius abdicated. In 719 he rebelled against Leo III with Bulgar support, but the Bulgars handed him over and he was executed.