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Tiberius III

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 650–706 Also known as 阿普西马尔、Tiberius III、Tiberius Apsimar、Τιβέριος Γ΄、Apsimar

Byzantine emperor, born Apsimar, birth year unknown, executed in 706. Originally a naval commander, he launched a coup in 698 amid discontent over th…

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  1. c. 680–698Constantinople · ConstantinopleBorn Apsimar, possibly of Thracian origin, he rose through the Byzantine navy. In 698, amid discontent in the fleet and populace over the disastrous defeat of the Carthaginian expedition sent by Leontius and the deteriorating situation in North Africa, he launched a coup.
  2. 698–705Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter overthrowing Leontius he proclaimed himself emperor, taking the name Tiberius III. During his reign he faced Arab raids into Asia Minor and Bulgarian attacks, and appointed Tarasius as patriarch. He was captured when Justin II restored himself in 705.
  3. 705–706Constantinople · ConstantinopleCaptured by the restored Justin II in 705, he was imprisoned with his nose cut off. In 706 he was executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople alongside the former emperor Leontius, another failed member of the series of Byzantine "slit-nosed" emperors.

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