Tiberius II Constantine

Tiberius II Constantine
Golden coin depicting the Emperor
Solidus of Tiberius II with the legend:
d n tib(erius) constant(inus) pp aug.
Byzantine emperor
Augustus26 September 578 –
14 August 582
PredecessorJustin II
SuccessorMaurice
Caesar7 December 574 – 578
BornTiberius
Thrace
Died14 August 582
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
SpouseIno Anastasia
Issue
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Flavius Tiberius Constantinus Augustus[a]
DynastyJustinian
FatherJustin II (adoptive)
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Tiberius II Constantine[b] (Latin: Tiberius Cōnstantīnus; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Τιβέριος Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Tibérios Kōnstantĩnos;[c] died 14 August 582) was Eastern Roman emperor from 574 to 582. Tiberius rose to power in 574 when Justin II, prior to a mental breakdown, proclaimed him caesar and adopted him as his own son. In 578, the dying Justin II gave him the title of augustus, thus becoming co-emperor alongside him. Tiberius became sole ruler less than two weeks later, assuming the regnal name of "Constantine" under which he reigned until his death.

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