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Byzantine Empire

Maurice and his family were murdered

Saturday Nov 27, 602
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Maurice's refusal to ransom several thousand captives taken by the Avars, and his order to the troops to winter in the Danube, caused his popularity to plummet. A revolt broke out under an officer named Phocas, who marched the troops back to Constantinople; Maurice and his family were murdered while trying to escape.


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