Byzantine Emperors

Can you guess each Byzantine Emperor by the clues given? *Starting with the sons of Theodosius the Great and ending in 1453 A.D. **Answer with the number of the ruler Ex: Constantine III (not on the test)

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Hint	Answer
Allegedly had his skull turned into a silver lined cup	Nikephoros I
Began Iconoclasm and ended the 20 Years Anarchy	Leo III
Was a local tax collector before being proclaimed Emperor	Theodosius III
First Emperor to be deposed and then come back, minus his nose	Justinian II
Was deposed 3 times in his long life and oversaw a sharp decline of the Byzantine Empire	John V
Lost the Battle of Manzikert	Romanos IV
Began Emperor after his father was killed at the Battle of Pliska	Staurakios
Reconquered most of Anatolia before accidentally killing himself with a poison arrow	John II

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Was Deposed and blinded before being put back on the throne by the crusaders	Isaac II
Nicknames include "The Thracian" "The Great" and "The Butcher	Leo I
Was Murdered in the bath (Not Commodus)	Romanos III
Famously stopped paying tribute to the Huns before invading the Hunnic Empire	Marcian
Became Emperor after the death of his far more successful brother	Constantine VIII
Is largely regarded as the worst Byzantine Emperor	Phocas
Held off the Arabs for most of his reign and rocked a large beard	Constans II