The 20 Years of Byzantine Instability

The fall of carthage marks the beginning of a new period of byzantine instability. Justinian was very unpopular as the emperor, being regarded as a violent despot. He would wage war against the umaids in anatolia with mixed results. Leontios deposed just nian and made him suffer the humiliation of a rhinotome. The year was now six nine five, and an already disastrous seventh century for the byzantines was not looking like it would finish on a high.