What is Maurice (emperor)?
{{Infobox royalty|name=Maurice|image=Solidus of Maurice (transitional issue).png|caption=''[[Solidus (coin)|Solidus]]'' of Emperor Maurice|succession=[[Roman Emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire|East]]|reign=13 August 582 - 27 November 602|full name=Tiberius Mauricius (until 558)<br />Mauricius novus Tiberius (from 558)|predecessor=[[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius II]]|successor=[[Phocas]]|spouse=[[Constantina (empress|Constantina]]|dynasty=[[Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty|Justinian]]|father=[[Paul (father of maurice)|Paul]]<br/> [[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius II]] (adoptive)|religion=[[Chalcedonian Christianity]]|birth_place=[[Arabissus]], [[Cappadocia]]<br/>(now [[Afşin]], [[Kahramanmaraş Province|Kahramanmaraş]], [[Turkey]])|death_date=27 November 602|death_place=[[Constantinople]], [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]]|regnal name=[[Imperator]] [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]] [[Flavia gens|Flavius]] Mauricius novus Tiberius <br/>[[Augustus (title)|Augustus]]|birth_date=539}}Mauricius ([[Latin]]: Mauricius, [[Medieval Greek|Greek]]: Μαυρίκιος, 539 - 27 November 602) was an [[List of Byzantine emperors|Eastern Roman emperor]] and the last member of the [[Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty|Justinian dynasty]]. Maurice was a successful and skilled general and as a result, Emperor [[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius II]] chose him as his heir and son-in-law. His reign was marked as troubled constant warfare from the [[Avar Khaganate|Avars]] and Slavs in the Balkans, [[Lombards]] in itlay, and the [[Sassanid Empire|Persians]] from the East. Maurice was able to secure a large amount of land in the caucasus from Persia in exchange for helping [[Khosrow II (shahanshah)|Khosrow II]] get back to the sasanian throne. Although he was successful in the battlefields and foreign policies, he evetually faced mounting financial crises ehich made him unpopular. The army eventually proclaimed [[Phocas (emperor)|Phocas]] as their new emperor and deposed Maurice. While escaping with his family, they were