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What effect did the opposition by Popes Gregory II and Gregory III to Leo's iconoclasm have upon the Byzantine Empire?

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The popes Gregory II and Gregory III opposed Leo's iconoclasm and successfully defied his armed expeditions, thus virtually ending Byzantine suzerainty over Rome.

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