id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3664 Theodosius (son of Maurice) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2127 343 69 Theodosius (Greek: Θεοδόσιος; August 4, 583/585 – after November 27, 602) was the eldest son of Byzantine Emperor Maurice (r. 582–602) and was co-emperor from 590 until his deposition and execution during a military revolt in November 602.[2][3] Along with his father-in-law Germanus, he was briefly proposed as successor to Maurice by the troops, but the army eventually favoured Phocas instead. He was born on August 4, 583 (according to the contemporary John of Ephesus and other chroniclers) or 585 (according to the later histories of Theophanes the Confessor and Kedrenos).[3][4] He was the first son to be born to a reigning emperor since Theodosius II in 401, and was accordingly named after the previous ruler. Theodosius promptly informed his father-in-law of this and advised him to hide, and on November 21, Germanus fled first to a local church and then to the Hagia Sophia, seeking sanctuary from the Byzantine emperor's emissaries.[12][13] Maurice with son Theodosius as co-emperor ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3664.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3664.txt