1 ), ▁last ▁em peror ▁of ▁the ▁Her ac li an ▁D ynast y , ▁" reflect ed ▁the ▁general ▁cha os ▁of ▁the ▁age ". ▁After ▁a ▁successful ▁campaign ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁tr uce ▁with ▁the ▁Arab s , ▁agree ing ▁on ▁joint ▁possession ▁of ▁Armen ia , ▁I ber ia ▁and ▁Cy pr us ; ▁however , ▁by ▁removing ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁Christian ▁M ard ait es ▁from ▁their ▁native ▁Leb anon , ▁he ▁removed ▁a ▁major ▁obst acle ▁for ▁the ▁Arab s ▁in ▁Sy ria , ▁and ▁in ▁ 6 9 2 , ▁after ▁the ▁dis astr ous ▁Battle ▁of ▁Sebast opol is , ▁the ▁Muslim s ▁inv aded ▁and ▁conquer ed ▁all ▁of ▁Armen ia . ▁De posed ▁in ▁ 6 9 5 , ▁with ▁Car th age ▁lost ▁in ▁ 6 9 8 , ▁Justin ian ▁returned ▁to ▁power ▁from ▁ 7 0 5 – 7 1 1 . ▁His ▁second ▁reign ▁was ▁marked ▁by ▁Arab ▁vict ories ▁in ▁Asia ▁Minor ▁and ▁civil ▁un rest . ▁Report edly , ▁he ▁ordered ▁his ▁gu ards ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁only ▁unit ▁that ▁had ▁not ▁desert ed ▁him ▁after ▁one ▁battle , ▁to ▁prevent ▁their ▁desert ion ▁in ▁the ▁next . ▁ ▁Justin ian ' s ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁depos itions ▁were ▁followed ▁by ▁internal ▁dis order , ▁with ▁success ive ▁revol ts ▁and ▁em per ors ▁lack ing ▁legit im acy ▁or ▁support . ▁In ▁this ▁climate , ▁the ▁Um ay y ads ▁cons olid ated