in Thrace. Several of their officers penetrated the city and blinded Philippicus on June 3, 713 while he was in the hippodrome. He was succeeded for a short while by his principal secretary, Artemius, who was raised to the purple as Emperor Anastasius II. He died in the same year. See also List of Byzantine emperors Notes Bibliography References Sources Further reading The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991. External links 7th-century births 713 deaths 710s in the Byzantine Empire 8th-century Byzantine emperors Armenian Byzantine emperors Medieval Crimea Twenty Years' Anarchy