Maurice (Byzantine emperor)

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Maurice was a late 6th-century Byzantine emperor known for his military campaigns, administrative reforms, and efforts to stabilize and defend the empire’s eastern and western frontiers.

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Byzantine Emperor Maurice 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor
Roman emperor
appointedAsCaesarBy Tiberius II Constantine NERFINISHED
appointedAsCaesarDate 582
attributedWork Strategikon NERFINISHED
birthDate 539
birthPlace Arabissus NERFINISHED
Cappadocia NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath execution
centuryOfRule 6th century
7th century
conflict Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 NERFINISHED
wars against the Avars
wars against the Slavs in the Balkans
countryRuled Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
deathDate 602-11-27
deathPlace Bithynia NERFINISHED
Chalcedon NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
deposedBy Phocas NERFINISHED
dynasty Justinian dynasty NERFINISHED
era Late Antiquity
fatherInLaw Tiberius II Constantine NERFINISHED
fullName Flavius Mauricius Tiberius NERFINISHED
givenName Maurice NERFINISHED
historicalReputation capable general but unpopular for austerity measures
issuedWork Strategikon (attributed) NERFINISHED
knownFor administrative and financial reforms
defense of the Balkan frontier
intervention in Lombard–Byzantine conflicts in Italy
involvement in Visigothic affairs in Spain
military campaigns against the Sasanian Empire
reorganization of the army into exarchates
resettlement of Balkan populations across the Danube
treaty with Khosrow II of the Sasanian Empire
language Greek
militaryRank magister militum per Orientem
notableChild Theodosius NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren at least 9
policy cost-cutting measures in the army
reduction of military pay
wintering troops beyond the Danube
predecessor Tiberius II Constantine NERFINISHED
reasonForDeposition military mutiny
reignEnd 602-11-27
reignStart 582-08-13
religion Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED
restoredToThrone Khosrow II NERFINISHED
spouse Constantina NERFINISHED
successor Phocas NERFINISHED
supportedRuler Khosrow II NERFINISHED
supportedRulerTitle Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED
title Augustus NERFINISHED
Emperor of the Romans NERFINISHED

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Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna establishedBy Maurice (Byzantine emperor)
Exarchate of Africa foundedBy Maurice (Byzantine emperor)
this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Maurice
Pope Pelagius II soughtAssistanceFrom Maurice (Byzantine emperor)
this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Maurice