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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2203225, member: 73473&quot;]I bought this coin way back in the day and posted it on a coin forum, it subsequently got&nbsp; like 2 responses( myself and the mod). So I thought I would show it off here!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius is one of history&#039;s more tragic hero&#039;s.</p><p>He was a successful general under Tiberius II (Constantine) and won many battles against the sassanid persians. He married Tiberius&#039;s daughter Constantina and shortly after became Emperor on 13 August 582.</p><p>His reign saw the consolidation of the Western provinces under a local ruler called an Excharch. For the first time in almost 20 years the Eastern Roman Empire had time to consolidate its holdings and go on the offensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>After years of successful, but non stop combat against the sassanids, Maurice was able to finally bring the decades long war to an end by supporting the legitimate persian king against a usurper. The following treaty greatly expanded Roman rule in the middle east and allowed Maurice to deal with the crumbling west.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]429485[/ATTACH]</p><p>Maurice promptly turned his army west and began campaigning against the avars, a powerful nomadic tribe who had been encroaching on the Danube for many years.</p><p>Under Maurice&#039;s brother Peter, the Eastern army won many decisive battles against the avars and slavs. They even sacked and razed settlements deep in the tribes respective territory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alas all was not good. The wars of Justinian and Justin II had cost the empire much money. The Empire of Justinian could be maintained, but it was costing every last nummis.</p><p>Tiberius II had raised over 15,000 troops to combat the persians, unfortunately this extra load on the coffers forced Maurice to cut as many corners as possible. In 602 Maurice ordered the field armies to spend the winter encamped on the far side of the Danube. The troops revolted and proclaimed Focas, a junior army officer, Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not long after, Maurice was killed along with his six sons, but not before he had to watch each of them be beheaded in front of his very eyes. Their bodies were thrown into the sea and their heads were put on pikes for all to see in Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>And so begins the decline and fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is unfortunate that many people simply gloss over Maurice&#039;s reign, had he not been killed it is very likely that he would have destroyed to lombards in Italy, thus altering world history as we know it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s characters like Maurice that inspire me and that make me think twice whenever I am dealt a cruel hand. This man fought long and hard for over twenty years to keep his civilization from collapsing, and that is truly a noble endeavour.</p><p>Ave Caesar!</p><p><br /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius AV light weight Solidus</p><p>4.12 Grams</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429470[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Maurice or any of your gold coins.</p><p>Cheers</p><p>[ATTACH=full]429469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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