Flavius Tiberius Constantinus de Byzantie, II

Abt 520 - 582  (62 years)    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Flavius Tiberius Constantinus de Byzantie
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 520
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 582
  Person ID	I251071	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS, Voorouders HW
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family	Ino Anastasia   d. 593
  Children	+ 1. Constantina de Byzantie,   b. Abt 560   d. Abt 605 (Age 45 years) + 2. Charito de Byzantie,   b. Abt 560   d. Yes, date unknown   3. NN   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F101618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

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  Byzantine emperor (574 - 582) of the Justinian Dynasty . During his reign, Tiberius II Constantine gave away 7,200 pounds of gold each year for four years. He was a friend of Justin II , who appointed Tiberius Comes of the Excubitors . He took control of the empire when Justin II went insane in 574, and to increase his popularity, he immediately began spending money that Justin had reserved in his treasury Justin II , Tiberius's predecessor, had been made infirm by disease; the faculties of his mind were impaired and he subsequently lost the use of his feet. Confined to his palace, he became a stranger to the complaints of the people and the vices of the government. Conscious of his infirmity, he honorably chose to seek a successor to the Imperial throne. On the advice of his wife Sophia , he handed the diadem to one of his Excubitors , Tiberius. While Justin was still alive, Tiberius' general Maurice fought and defeated the Persians in Armenia . When Tiberius became full emperor upon Justin's death in 578, he extended his military activities into the remnants of the Western Empire, where he made peace with the Visigoths in Spain and defeated the Berbers in North Africa . He may have been the Emperor Lucius Tiberius of Arthurian legend, sending envoys to former Roman provinces after a long period without Imperial presence. Meanwhile, the Slavs began to migrate into the Balkans in 579; unfortunately, Tiberius needed the army to defend against Persian invasions, and was unable to stop the Slavic migrations. In 582, Tiberius fell ill, and Maurice was named his heir. Maurice became emperor when Tiberius died in August - poisoned, it was rumored.