Maurice
Maurice or Mauricius: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (r. 582-602).
Dates:
- birth: 539, born as Flavius Mauricius
- 13 August 582: recognized as emperor, surnamed Tiberius
- 22 November 602: dethroned
- 27 November 602: death
Successor of: Tiberius II
Relatives:
- father: unknown
- married to: Constantia, daughter of Tiberius II
Main deeds:
- 574: succeeds Tiberius as commander of the guard
- 577: supreme commander in the Persian War
- 578: his protector Tiberius becomes emperor
- 579: in the Sasanian Empire, Hormizd IV succeeds Khusrau I 'deathless soul'; the war is continued
- 580: victory at Callinicus
- 581: victory at Constantina
- 582: triumphal entry in Constantinople; marriage to Constantia; adoption as caesar by Tiberius; succession to the throne
- 584: the Avars and Slavs invade the Balkans and reach Constantinople
- 586: the same tribes threaten Thessaloniki
- Reorganization of the western provinces (exarchates of Carthage and Ravenna)
- 590: in the Sasanian empire, death of Hormizd IV and civil war between Bahram VI and Khusrau II 'the victorious'
- 591: supported by Maurice, Khusrau defeats Bahram; peace treaty between Constantinople and Persia
- 598: treaty with the Avars
- 602: decisive defeat of the Slavs; revolt of Phocas
Succeeded by: Phocas