to be eaten by his troops. After the battle, it was reported that no one who had eaten a part of the sponges/baskets of bread had been killed or wounded. References Literature Ekonomou, Andrew J., Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern Influences on Rome and the Papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752 (2007) Levillain, Philippe, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Routledge (2002) Treadgold, Warren, A History of the Byzantine State and Society (1997) Mann, Horace K., The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule, Part 2, 657–795 (1903) Bluhme, Friedrich, Liutprandi Leges de Anno XI In: Edictus Langobardorum (1868) Bury, John Bagnall, A History of the Later Roman Empire From Arcadius to Irene, Vol. II (1889) . Annette Grabowsky: Gregor II. In: Germanische Altertumskunde Online (nur bei De Gruyter Online verfügbarer Artikel mit umfassenden Quellen- und Literaturangaben) 2014. 669 births 731 deaths Popes Popes of the Byzantine Papacy 8th-century archbishops Papal saints 8th-century Christian saints 8th-century popes Leo III the Isaurian Burials at St. Peter's Basilica