"0669Z"^^ . "Usurperof theByzantine Empire"@en . . "Mezezius"@en . "0622Z"^^ . . "0668Z"^^ . "Mezezius (/m\u0268\u02C8zi\u02D0\u0292\u0259s/; Greek: \u039C\u03B9\u03B6\u03AF\u03B6\u03B9\u03BF\u03C2; Armenian: \u0544\u056A\u0567\u056A, M\u017E\u0113\u017E or Mzhezh) was an Armenian noble who served as a general of Byzantium, later usurping the Byzantine throne in Sicily from 668 to 669.According to a letter from Pope Gregory II to Emperor Leo III, he was Count of the Opsikion, the Imperial retinue (Latin: obsequium), and a later Syriac chronicle describes him as a patrikios."@en . "0669Z"^^ . . "Byzantine general and usurper" . .