Given the question: Information:  - Leo III the Isaurian, also known as the Syrian (Greek:    , "Len III ho Isauros", (685  18 June 741), was Byzantine Emperor from 717 until his death in 741. He put an end to the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period of great instability in the Byzantine Empire between 695 and 717, marked by the rapid succession of several emperors to the throne. He also successfully defended the Empire against the invading Umayyads and forbade the veneration of icons.  - Syria, officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (""), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Syria's capital and largest city is Damascus.  - Isauria (or ), in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkr and its surroundings in the Konya Province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains. In its coastal extension it bordered on Cilicia. It derives its name from the contentious Isaurian tribe (which was probably Luwian) and twin settlements "Isaura Palaea" ( , Latin: "Isaura Vetus", "Old Isaura") and "Isaura Nea" ( , Latin: "Isaura Nova", "New Isaura"). Isaurian marauders were fiercely independent mountain people who created havoc in neighboring districts under Macedonian and Roman occupations.  - Paul was the Exarch of Ravenna from 723 to 727 . According to John Julius Norwich , the person traditionally recognized as the first doge of Venice , Paolo Lucio Anafesto , was actually Exarch Paul . Moreover , Paul 's magister militum had the same first name as the doge 's reputed successor , Marcellus Tegallianus , casting doubt on the authenticity of that doge as well . In 727 , the Exarchate of Ravenna rose in revolt against the imperial imposition of iconoclasm by Emperor Leo III the Isaurian ( r. 717 -- 741 ) . The armies of Ravenna and the Duchy of the Pentapolis mutinied , denouncing both Exarch Paul and Emperor Leo III , and overthrew those officers who remained loyal . Paul rallied the loyalist forces and attempted to restore order , but was killed . The armies discussed electing their own emperor and marching on Constantinople , but when they sought the advice of Pope Gregory II , he dissuaded them from acting against the sitting Byzantine emperor .    'paul ' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'country of citizenship'?  Choices: - arab  - byzantine empire  - cilicia  - iraq  - israel  - jordan  - syria  - turkey
The answer is:
byzantine empire