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Against his opponents in Cherson and Ravenna, Justinian was more successful. In 709, Justinian ordered Pope John VII to recognize the decisions of the Quinisext Council. The order was backed by a successful expedition to Revenna. In 710, the new Pope Constantine visited Constantinople and restored relations with Justinian by agreeing to some of his demands. This papal visit was the last one to the city until Pope Paul VI visited Istanbul in 1967.
Rebellion again arose in Cherson against Justinian’s tyrannical rule. Led by the exiled general Bardanes, the rebels captured Constantinople while Justinian was on his way to Armenia and unable to return to defend the city. Bardanes was proclaimed emperor under the name of Philippicus. In December 711, Justinian was arrested and executed outside the city. His head was sent to Philippicus as a trophy. Tiberius, Justinian’s son, was then murdered on orders of Emperor Philippicus, the act being done in front of his mother and grandmother Anastasia, thus ending the dynasty of [[Heraclius]].
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