Tiberios (son of Constans II)

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Solidus Constantine IV with his brothers and co-emperors Tiberios (right) and Herakleios on his lapel

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).

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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