Ustus II Fannius of Byzantium (born 447) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 489, succeeding Ustus the Builder.
Biography[]
Ustus Fannius was a confident commander and a Christian, and he became a general in 469 AD when he married Tranquillina Flavius. His marriage guaranteed that he would hold a position of responsibility within the Eastern Roman Empire, and he became a potential heir. Upon the death of Maximus Saturninus in 489 AD, Fannius became the new faction heir to the Byzantine Empire. In the winter of that year, Ustus the Builder died of natural causes, and Ustus Fannius became the new emperor.
Ustus was the second man named Ustus to take the title of Byzantine emperor, and became "Ustus II". Ustus continued his predecessor's tradition of holding daily games in the empire to appease the citizens of Rome with blood and gore, and continued to convert the people of the empire to Christianity. Ustus fought excessively against the Berbers of North Africa in the Sahara Desert, but also stopped attempts by the Alemanni to conquer Germany from the Romans.