Philippicus

Philippicus, born Bardanes in Constantinople, was twice exiled, by Tiberius III and by Justinian II. His first exile followed a dream of an eagle shading his head, taken as a sign of imperial ambition. At Cherson he won the Khazars, and in 711 the city and fleet proclaimed him emperor.

After he took Constantinople, Justinian II and his young son Tiberius were killed. He deposed Patriarch Cyrus, imposed monothelitism and annulled the Sixth Ecumenical Council, which Rome rejected. On 3 June 713 Opsician rebels blinded him in the hippodrome, and he died later that year.