A revolt which broke out in Greece, mainly on religious grounds, was crushed by the imperial fleet in 727 (cf. Agallianos Kontoskeles). In 730, Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople resigned rather than subscribe to an iconoclastic decree. Leo had him replaced by Anastasius,Treadgold. History of the Byzantine State, p. 353. who willingly sided with the Emperor on the question of icons. Thus Leo suppressed the overt opposition of the capital.
