Ino Anastasia
| Ino Anastasia | |||||
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| Empress of the Byzantine Empire | |||||
| Born | 6th century | ||||
| Died | 593 Constantinople |
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| Burial | Church of the Holy Apostles | ||||
| Spouse | Ioannes Tiberius II Constantine |
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| Issue | unnamed daughter by Ioannes Constantina Charito unnamed child by Tiberius |
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| Dynasty | Justinian Dynasty | ||||
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| Aelia Anastasia, (birth name Ino) |
Ino (Greek: Ἰνὼ), renamed Aelia Anastasia (died 593) was the Empress consort of Tiberius II Constantine (r. 578–582) of the Byzantine Empire, and Augusta from 578 until her death.
According to the account of John of Ephesus, Ino came from Daphnudium, possibly the island of Daphnousia off the coast of Bithynia in the Black Sea. She was first married to the optio Ioannes, a low-ranking executive officer of the Byzantine army. They had a daughter who was betrothed to Tiberius. Her husband and daughter both died prior to the conclusion of the marriage contract, and Ino herself married Tiberius instead.
John of Ephesus mentions that Ino and Tiberius had three children. Daughters Constantina and Charito are known by name. The third child is considered to have died prior to the elevation of Tiberius to the rank of Caesar.
Tiberius served as Comes Excubitorum (Commander of the Excubitors) under Justin II. Justin reportedly suffered from temporary fits of insanity and was unable to perform his duties as early as the fall of the important fortress of Dara to Khosrau I of the Sassanid Empire in November 573. According to Gregory of Tours, sole power of the Empire at this point was assumed by his wife, Sophia, a niece of Justinian's wife, Theodora. Evagrius Scholasticus reports that Sophia managed to conclude a three-year truce with Khosrau on her own. But to wield effective power as regent she would require supporters, and she therefore picked Tiberius as her colleague.
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