Byzantine emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_Rangabe" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael I Rangabe">Michael I</a>, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_V_the_Armenian" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leo V the Armenian">Leo the Armenian</a>, and becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monk">monk</a> (under the name Athanasius).