Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor of Romans

• Name: Tiberius Apsimar III, Byzantine Emperor of Romans
• Birth name (real): Apsimar (later when he became byzantine emperor had firstly name as Tiberius Apsimar, then only Tiberius.
• AKA: Tibérios (romanized), Τιβέριος (greek), Apsimarus (latin), Ἀψίμαρος (greek), Apsímaros
• Parents: Unknown (father), Unknown (mother)
• Born: c. 659 (660?)
• Place of birth: (Byzantine Empire)
• Reign: 698–705
• Regnal titles (occupation): Emperor of Romans (698–705), Roman consul (716)
• Regnal names: Tiberius
• Other occupations: droungarios, a mid-level commander, served in the Cibyrrhaeot Theme.
• Predecessor: Leontius
• Successor: Justinian II
• Abdication:
• Died: between August 705 and February 706 (d. 15 Feb 706) (executed by the byzantine Emperor Justinian II)
• Issue (sons): Theodosius, who became bishop of Ephesus by 729, presided over the Council of Hieria in 754 and advised Emperors Leo III (r. 717–741) and Constantine V (r. 741–775), Heraclius [?]
• Other siblings (relatives): Heraclius (brother) Note: He had more siblings, at least just more minimal 1-3, in chronicles, sources and none of historians do not mentioned in their works about their names because they do not have knowledges about them, what doesn't means that they do not existed. Their names are still Unknown, who were born betw. c. 645 - 657/658.
• Dynasty: Twenty Years' Anarchy

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From: MedLands Byzantium - there is no any additional informations and sources about him, his genealogy, family and ancestors (?), just only below:

Two brothers, parents not known:

1. TIBERIOS [Apsimarus] (-murdered Constantinople [Aug 705/Feb 706]). He succeeded in 698 as Emperor TIBERIOS III. Theophanes records that Emperor Iustinian was expelled by "Leontium tyrannide" who ruled for three years, then "Tiberium qui etiam Apsimarus" who ruled for seven years, before Iustinian was restored for a further six years[607]. Paulus Diaconus records that "Tiberius" deposed "Leo"[608]. Paulus Diaconus records that "Iustinianus" captured and murdered the usurpers "Leonem quoque et Tiberium in medio circo coram omni populo" and recovered his throne[609]. He was executed between Aug 705 and Feb 706[610]. m ---. The name of Tiberios's wife is not known. Emperor Tiberios & his wife had [two] children:

a) THEODOSIOS (-762 or after). Theophanes names "Theodosius Ephesi episcopus, Apsimari filius" when recording a meeting of bishops during the reign of Emperor Konstantinos V[611]. He is named "Theodosios" in the Vita Stephani iunioris which records that he was one of the iconoclast leaders who was sent by Emperor Konstantinos V to interview Stefanos at Chrysopolis[612].

b) [HERAKLEIOS . He is recorded as brother of Theodosios[613], although it is not known whether he was the son of Emperor Tiberios.]

2. HERAKLEIOS (-after [704/05]). Theophanes names "Heraclium…germanum fratrem suum", referring to "Absimari", recording that he was sent to govern Cappadocia and, in a later passage, that he fought in Arabia in the sixth year of his brother's reign[614]. Zonaras records that "Apsimarus sive Tiberius" sent "fratrem suum Heraclium…in Orientem contra Agarenos" and that he was victorious[615].

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Tiberius III [b] (Greek: Τιβέριος, romanized: Tibérios), born Apsimar (Latin: Apsimarus; Greek: Ἀψίμαρος, romanized: Apsímaros), was Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705. Little is known about his early life, other than that he was a droungarios, a mid-level commander, who served in the Cibyrrhaeot Theme. In 696, Tiberius was part of an army sent by Byzantine Emperor Leontius to retake the North African city of Carthage, which had been captured by the Arab Umayyads. After seizing the city, this army was pushed back by Umayyad reinforcements and retreated to the island of Crete. As they feared the wrath of Leontius, some officers killed their commander, John the Patrician, and declared Tiberius the emperor. Tiberius swiftly gathered a fleet and sailed for Constantinople, where he then deposed Leontius. Tiberius did not attempt to retake Byzantine Africa from the Umayyads, but campaigned against them along the eastern border with some success. In 705, former emperor Justinian II, who had been deposed by Leontius, led an army of Slavs and Bulgars from the First Bulgarian Empire to Constantinople, and after entering the city secretly, deposed Tiberius. Tiberius fled to Bithynia, but was captured a few months later and beheaded by Justinian between August 705 and February 706. His body was initially thrown into the sea, but was later recovered and buried in a church on the island of Prote.