Nikephoros (son of Artabasdos)


Nikephoros was junior Byzantine Emperor from 741 to 743.

Life

Nikephoros was made strategos of Thrace by his father Artabasdos soon after he usurped the throne. He was elevated to junior co-emperor in 741.
After Artabasdos was overthrown in 743, Nikephoros, Niketas, and Artabasdos were humiliated in the Hippodrome of Constantinople before being blinded and confined in the Chora Church.