Philippicus

Philippicus
Emperor of the Romans
A solidus of Philippicus
Byzantine emperor
Reign4 November 711 – 3 June 713
PredecessorJustinian II
SuccessorAnastasius II
BornBardanes
Pergamum, Thracesian Theme
(now Bergama, Izmir, Turkey)
Died713
Regnal name
Filepicus
DynastyTwenty Years' Anarchy
FatherNicephorus

Philippicus (Latin: Filepicus; Greek: Φιλιππικός, romanized: Philippikós), born Bardanes (Greek: Βαρδάνης, romanized: Bardánēs; Armenian: Վարդան, Vardan) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713. He took power in a coup against the unpopular emperor Justinian II, and was deposed in a similarly violent manner nineteen months later. During his brief reign, Philippicus supported monothelitism in Byzantine theological disputes, and saw conflict with the First Bulgarian Empire and the Umayyad Caliphate.