Constans had grown increasingly fearful that his…

Constans had grown increasingly fearful that his younger brother, Theodosius, could oust him from the throne; he had therefore obliged Theodosius to take holy orders and later had him killed in 660.

Constans' sons Constantine, Heraclius, and Tiberius have been associated on the throne since the 650s.

However, having attracted the hatred of citizens of Constantinople, Constans decides to leave the capital and to move to Syracuse in Sicily.