| Tiberius | |
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| Emperor of the Romans | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Tiberius_(son_of_Constans_II).jpg) Tiberius, mosaic in basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna. | |
| Byzantine co-emperor | |
| Reign | 659–681 (22 years) |
| Coronation | 2 June 659 |
| Predecessor | Constans II |
| Successor | Constantine IV |
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| Born | Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Dynasty | Heraclian |
| Father | Constans II |
| Mother | Fausta |
| Religion | Christianity |
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Tiberius (Medieval Greek: Τιβέριος, romanized: Tibérios) was Byzantine co-emperor from 659 to 681. He was the son of Constans II and Fausta, who was elevated in 659, before his father departed for Italy. After the death of Constans, Tiberius' brother Constantine IV, ascended the throne as senior emperor. Constantine attempted to have both Tiberius and Heraclius removed as co-emperors, which sparked a popular revolt, in 681. Constantine ended the revolt by promising to accede to the demands of the rebels, sending them home, but bringing their leaders into Constantinople. Once there, Constantine had them executed, then imprisoned Tiberius and Heraclius and had them mutilated, after which point they disappear from history.