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Anastasius II or Anastasios II (Latin: Artemius Anastasius; Greek: Ἀρτέμιος Ἀναστάσιος, romanized: Artemios Anastasios, died 719) was the Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715. Being declared such by members of the military that executed a military coup and deposed his predecessor, Philippicus. He is noted for reversing the religious policies of his predecessor and for appointing the theologian Germanus as patriarch of Constantinople. He was deposed by Theodosius during the Byzantine campaign against the Umayyad Caliphate.