... which again is grist for theories that the early Arab advance was aided by (eastern / Egyptian) Monophysite dissatisfaction with the religious orthodoxy enforced from Constantinople.
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The disfiguration of Byzantine rulers to cause deligitimisation, such as cutting noses, is unique (I think?). The only similar example I can think of is disfiguration of statues in Egypt etc by breaking the nose off. Is there any basis, perhaps theological, for this practice?
It seems to be cultural. In the contemporary West they impose the monastic tonsure. It's interesting that there are rare cases in which these efforts don't seem to work, ie they're not always and everywhere delegitimising.
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