Tiberios (son of Constans II)
Tiberios ( Middle Greek Τιβέριος , Latin Tiberius ; * around 657 probably in Constantinople ; † after 681) was from 659 to 681 co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
Life
Tiberios was the third son of the emperor Konstans II and probably Fausta . Together with his older brother Herakleios , he became co-emperor in 659; his eldest brother Constantine IV had already received the rank of basileus five years earlier . When Konstans II wanted him to come to Syracuse with his brothers and their mother in 663, the inhabitants of Constantinople prevented this.
Tiberios remained in office and dignity as co-emperor under Constantine IV until he was deposed together with Herakleios in 681 for unclear reasons, probably in connection with the Third Council of Constantinople . Constantine IV had both their noses cut off in order to disqualify them for the imperial dignity according to the custom at the time and thus secure his sole rule and the succession of his son Justinian II (who suffered the same fate in 695).
swell
- Liber Pontificalis 1, 86
- Theophanes AM 6153, 6160 and 6173 (pp. 348, 351–352 in the edition by Carl de Boor)
- John Zonaras 14, 19-20
literature
- Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641−867). Volume 5: Theophylaktos (# 8346) - az-Zubair (# 8675), Anonymi (# 1001- # 12149). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-11-016675-5 , pp. 47-49 No. 8484 .
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SURNAME | Tiberios |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tiberius; Τιβέριος (Middle Greek) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine co-emperor, son of Constantine II, and brother of Constantine IV. |
DATE OF BIRTH | at 657 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Constantinople |
DATE OF DEATH | after 681 |