Mauricius Flavius Tiberius

Japanese: マウリキウス（英語表記）Mauricius Flavius Tiberius

Born: 539. Cappadocia
[Died] 602. Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople (reigned 582-602). Born a notary, he later became a soldier and distinguished himself in the war against the Sassanid Empire of Persia. After the death of Tiberius II, he ascended to the throne in August 582. In the same year, the Avars began to move south along the Danube, taking important cities one after another. However, in the east, he made a peace agreement with Khosrow II of Persia (591), putting an end to the conflict with Persia. At the same time, he established a governorship system in Ravenna and Carthage, and secured western territories. In 592, he turned his attention back to the north and sent an army to the Danube front to pacify the Avars, but the long campaign and the high taxes he had to collect led to a rebellion by the centurion of the expeditionary force, and he abdicated.

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Japanese:

[生]539頃.カッパドキア
[没]602. コンスタンチノープル
ビザンチン皇帝 (在位 582～602) 。公証人の出身で，のち軍人となり，対ササン朝のペルシア戦で軍功をあげた。チベリウス2世の没後，582年8月即位。同年アバール族のドナウ南下が始り重要都市が次々に陥落した。しかし東方では，ペルシアのホスロー2世と和議を結んで (591) ，ペルシアとの抗争に終止符を打った。同時にラベンナとカルタゴに総督制度を設け，西方領土を確保した。 592年再び北方に目を転じてアバール討伐軍をドナウ戦線に送るが，長い戦役と高額の税徴収により，派遣軍の百人隊長フォーカスの反乱にあい中断，みずから退位した。

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