Germanus
3. One of the generals of the emperor Tiberius II. The emperor manifested his esteem for him by giving him his daughter Charito in marriage (A. D. 582), on which occasion he received the title of Caesar. Another daughter of Tiberius was married to Mauricius or Maurice, afterwards emperor. (Theophan. Chronog. p. 388, ed. Bonn; Zonar. 14.11.)
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