Tiberius III, born Apsimar, was Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705.
14 Facts About Tiberius III
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Tiberius III swiftly gathered a fleet, sailed for Constantinople, and deposed Leontius.
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Tiberius III's body was initially thrown into the sea, but was later recovered and buried in a church on the island of Prote.
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Some scholars, such as Alexander Vasiliev, have speculated that Tiberius III was of Gotho-Greek origin.
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The Byzantinist Walter Kaegi states that Tiberius III had some unspecified victories over the Slavs in the Balkans during his early military career, which granted him a degree of popularity.
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Tiberius III gathered a fleet and allied himself with the Greens, before sailing for Constantinople, which was enduring an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
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Tiberius III had Leontiuss nose slit, and sent him to live in the Monastery of Psamathion in Constantinople.
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Tiberius III was the first naval officer to assume the throne, partly because Byzantines considered the army far more prestigious.
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Tiberius III was crowned by Patriarch Callinicus shortly after seizing control of Constantinople and deposing Leontius.
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Tiberius III attempted to strengthen the Byzantine military by reorganizing its structure, as well as reorganizing the Cibyrrhaeotic Theme, and repairing the sea walls of Constantinople.
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Tiberius III strengthened the garrison of the island with Mardaite troops from the Taurus Mountains.
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Tiberius III fled to the city of Sozopolis in Bithynia, and eluded his pursuers for several months before being captured.
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The exact timing of Justinian IIs siege and Tiberius III capture is convoluted.
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The period that Tiberius III ruled in, the Twenty Years' Anarchy, was so fraught with strife that it is common that not even the names of the emperors' spouses have been retained.