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Why did Justinian II send Leo III on a mission to the Alani?
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Leo III
Leo III, gold solidus from Constantinople, 717–741.
Emperor Justinian II sent Leo III on a mission to the Alani because he had developed a distrust of him. By assigning Leo to this perilous task on the remote eastern frontier, the emperor anticipated that Leo would not survive the journey.1