Mavrikios Gavras was an Avtokrator of the Empire of Videssos; he reigned some 1200 years after the empire was formed. It was during his reign that the Ronam tribe appeared in the Empire. Gavras was a usurper, overthrowing the ineffectual Strobilos Sphrantzes. His brother, Thorisin Gavras, was Sevastokrator. His daughter by a wife long-dead was Alypia Gavras, the imperial princess.