leo iii in English
noun
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( circa 680–741 ) , Byzantine emperor 717–741. He repulsed several Muslim invasions and carried out an extensive series of reforms. In 726, he banned icons and other religious images; the resulting iconoclastic controversy led to more than a century of political and religious turmoil.
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1. The first LEO III was completed in 1961.
2. List of vacuum tube computers "Leo III Installations".
3. In 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish ruler Charlemagne [Charles the Great] emperor of the Romans. . . .
4. In 798 Pope Leo III held a council in Rome that condemned the “Adoptionism” of Felix and Anathematized him
5. 16 An iconoclastic movement resulted from a decree from the eastern emperor, Leo III (717–7, forbidding any representation of human or animal form in the church.