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  Constantius II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Until this time Constantius was preoccupied with fighting the Persian Empire, and he was forced to elevate his cousin Gallus to Caesar to assist him while he turned his attention to this usurper.
Constantius eventually met and crushed Magnentius in battle at, one of the bloodiest battles in Roman history, in 351.
As the two armies sought engagement, Constantius died from a fever near Tarsus on November 3, 361, and Julian was hailed Augustus in the whole of the Roman empire.
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 Constantius Chlorus - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gaius Flavius Valerius Constantius (March 31, 250–July 25, 306) was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire (305–306).
Probably around 296, Constantius was sent to Britain to quell the rebellions caused by various tribes.
In 298 Constantius overthrew the Alamanni in the territory of the Lingones (Langres) and strengthened the defenses of the Rhine frontier.
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 Constantius III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Constantius was born in Naissus (modern-day Niš) and was probably a career soldier.
Constantius reportedly intended to launch a campaign against the Eastern Empire to force recognition of his rights, but before anything could come of these plans, he died suddenly on September 2 after less than seven months as emperor.
Constantius' success in rising from head of the dwindling Roman army to Imperial rank obviously influenced the actions of later holders of the patrician office, a list that includes Aetius and Ricimer; however, only Petronius Maximus would ultimately make the same leap, and his reign would prove to be even shorter than Constantius'.
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 Constantius II
Constantius II was born in Illyricum in August AD 317, the son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, and was proclaimed Caesar in AD 323.
Constantius II, preparing for the fight with Magnentius in the west, raised his 26 year-old cousin Constantius Gallus to the rank of Caesar (junior emperor) in order to have him take charge of the administration of the east whilst he would be commanding his armies.
Constantius II was left as the sole emperor of the Roman empire.
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 Constantius Chlorus
Constantius was the most moderate of the emperors of the tetrarchy of Diocletian in his treatment of the Christians.
But Constantius finally found a reason to demand the return of his son, when he explained a campaign agaisnt the Picts, who were invading the British provinces, required both his own and his son's leadership.
Constantius went on to achieve a series of victories over the Picts, but then fell ill. He died soon after, 25 July AD 306, at Ebucarum (York).
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 Constantius Chlorus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On the reverse of this argenteus struck in Antioch under Constantius Chlorus, the tetrarcs are sacrificing to celebrate a victory against the Sarmatians.
According to this text, Constantius was a Roman senator early in his career, who forced Spain to submit to Roman rule.
Having distinguished himself by his military ability and his able and gentle rule of Dalmatia, Constantius was, on March 1, 293, adopted and appointed Caesar by Maximian, whose step-daughter, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, he had married in 289 after renouncing his wife, Helena.
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 THE EMPEROR MAGNENTIUS: HIS LIFE AND COINAGE
Behind the scenes, Constantius and his brothers were playing on the soldier's loyalty to their father to ensure that only the sons of Constantine would hold power.
Constantius was not a compassionate man. His courtiers could easily convince him, with false evidence, that someone was plotting rebellion.
Constantius needed to remain in the East until affairs had stabilized, so Vetranio was given limited recognition and the task of holding the critical Succi pass.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Constantius I
Constantius, as had his predecessor, ruled in the west, while Galerius and Daia ruled in the east.
, 640), Gaius Valerius Constantius (ibid, 649), and Gaius Fabius Constantius (ibid.
Constantius' date of birth, homeland, and career: Michael DiMaio, Zonaras' Account of the Neo-Flavian Emperors: A Commentary, (Ph.D diss., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977), 97-98, nn 11-14; Constantius as Maxiamianus' Praetorian prefect: T.D. Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius,, (Cambridge, 1980), 3, 7-8, New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine, (Cambridge, 1981), 36-37.
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 Ammianus Marcellinus about Constantius II -- The Ammianus Marcellinus Online Project
When Constantius had to delay the renewed hostilities in the east in 359, he sent diplomats to the Persian king Sapor.
While Constantius was with his army occupied in the west, Sapor saw his chance and sacked Amida (359), a fortified city in the east (19.1-9).
It states that Constantius was aware of the division of military and civil affairs.
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 ConstantiusIIOV
Constantius II 337-361 A.D. Flavius Julius Constantius, second son of Constantine I (The Great) and Fausta, was born on the 7th of August 317 AD in Illyricum.
Constantius spent a great deal of his reign on military campaigns he spend several of his summers campaigning against the ancient and bitter enemies of the empire, the Persians.
Constantius had been one of the longest-reigning emperors in Roman history and in the end he was brought down by disease and one of the two people he didn't consider a threat to his throne.
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 DIR-Constantius II
Flavius Julius Constantius, second son of Constantine I and Fausta, was born on 7 August 317 in Illyricum.
Constantius spent a great deal of his reign on military campaigns; between 337 and 350, he resided in Antioch, between 351-359 he spent much of his time in Sirmium and Mediolanum (Milan), and in 360-361 he lived in Antioch again.
One of the longest-reigned emperors in Roman history, Constantius is hard for the modern historian to fully understand both due to his own actions and due to the interests of the authors of primary sources for his reign.
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 T.D. Barnes on Diocletian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By 289 Constantius was the emperor Maximian's praetorian prefect in Gaul, and on I March 293 he himself entered the imperial college as a Caesar.
Constantius, though the senior Caesar, was Herculius, for it was Maximian who invested him with the purple, while Galerius took the sobriquet Iovius from his adoptive father.
Constantius, in contrast, practiced the traditional moral virtues and sought always to remain on good terms with the established aristocracy while at the same time showing himself sympathetic to Christianity.
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 Apostate
Constantius, being a practical sort, decided to nip any plans of treason in the bud by murdering all his relatives.
But as Constantius heard about my elevation by the army, he began plans to march against me. My only choices were to flee or to march against him and take the throne from him.
Constantius had the sense to die whilst I was still on the road to Constantinople.
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 LIBERIUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emperor Constantius, a bandy-legged fellow, roars: "My will is the canon." Five words which clearly and brutally define caesaropapism: The Emperor's will is the rule of the Church.
Constantius realized that his pet project of uniting the Christians by a semi-Arian formula would not succeed as long as the Pope defended orthodoxy.
Constantius angrily asked the Pope who he was to stand out for Athanasius against the world.
www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp36.htm   (474 words)

  
 Ammianus Marcellinus about Constantius II -- The Ammianus Marcellinus Online Project
Constantius II was made Ceasar in 324 AD by his father Constantine the Great.
In any case, Constantius became Augustus over the eastern parts of the empire, and after the death of Constantine II and Constans I, Constantius II obtained their sphere.
After Constantius II became sole ruler of the Roman empire (350), he had to divide his troops, and therefore, his attention to several parts of this vast empire.
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 Helen-Helena
Constantius continued to rise through the ranks -- Tribune, Provincial Governor, probably Praetorian Prefect, and on March of 1, 293, he was raised to the rank of Caesar (junior Emperor) in the First Tetrarchy set up by Diocletian.
Constantius, of course, got custody of the 20-year old Constantine -- as "Pater Familias" a Roman father had real legal custody of all his children until they established their own families (sons) or were transferred to the custody of a husband (daughters).
Constantius had spent much of his time as a Caesar in military campaigns along the fringes of the Western half of the Empire, and, almost immediately after becoming the Augustus of the West, he had to cross the English Channel to put down a Pictish uprising.
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 Julian's Jabberings - Bio
Julian's father, Julius Constantius, was the half-brother of the Emperor Constantine.
Constantius, viewing Julian as a rival, ordered him to transfer half of his army assist the campaign in Persia.
Constantius died before the armies met, and Julian become the sole emperor of Rome.
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 Chapter Constantius Sole Emperor. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
Their progress was rapid; and the eunuchs, who, in the time of Augustus, had been abhorred, as the monstrous retinue of an Egyptian queen, were gradually admitted into the families of matrons, of senators, and of the emperors themselves.
The aversion and contempt which mankind had so uniformly entertained for that imperfect species, appears to have degraded their character, and to have rendered them almost as incapable as they were supposed to be, of conceiving any generous sentiment, or of performing any worthy action.
Constantius continued his march towards the West, and Gallus fixed his residence at Antioch; from whence, with a delegated authority, he administered the five great dioceses of the eastern præfecture.
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 Coins of Constantius I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Flavius Valerius Constantius "Chlorus" ("the Pale") was born ca.250 of an Illyrian family.
One of Constantius' first duties was to overthrow the usurper Carausius, a former naval commander who had siezed Britain and parts of Gaul.
Constantius crossed back to Britain to campaign against the Picts, and died from an illness at York on 25 July 306.
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 Constantius I Chlorus - Roman Emperor
Constantius Chlorus was one of the original four Tetrarchs and was destined to replace Maximianus as emperor after twenty years.
In the summer of 293 Constantius expelled the troops of the usurper Carausius from northern Gaul.
Constantius and Galerius, as their Caesars, then donned the purple, with Severus II and Maximinus Daia as the new Caesars.
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 AllRefer.com - Constantius II (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Constantius II 317–61, Roman emperor, son of Constantine I. When the empire was divided (337) at the death of Constantine, Constantius II was given rule over Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt, while his brothers, Constans I and Constantine II, received other portions.
Constantius died in the Persian campaign in Cilicia, naming Julian as his successor.
A confirmed Arian, Constantius vigorously repressed paganism and was involved in a struggle with St. Athanasius.
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 Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350-361) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This coin was probably struck in the year 350 by Constantius II, one of the four sons of Constantine the Great.
Constantius II ruled the eastern half of the empire from 337 to 353, when he became ruler of the entire empire upon the death of his brother Constans (350) and the defeat of the usurper Magnentius (353).
Constantius is shown on this coin in a new portrait style, at a three-quarter angle.
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 Touring the British Museum on Britannia: Constantius' Medal
This gold medallion was struck in Trier in AD 296 to commemorate the overthrow of the self-proclaimed Emperor of Britain, Allectus, by the Roman general, Constantius I Chlorus.
The reverse side shows Constantius being welcomed by the personification of London at the gates to the city which he saved from being sacked.
It was while in Britain that legend has Constantius meeting the Empress Helen and together they became the parents of Constantine the Great.
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 Coins of Constantine II, Constantius II & Constans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Constantius appeared to have strong preferences for the Arian religion, leading him into conflict with his more Orthodox brother Constans, though this never evolved into open warfare.
Constantius continued chasing Magnentius, with the final defeat at Lugdunum (Lyons, France) in 353.
Constantius refused to accept this and died in November of 361 while on his way to suppress the uprising.
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 ACM Presents DOUG SMITH: FEATURED COIN: "The Milvan Bridge"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Neither, actually, did his son Constantius II but in 350 AD a few mints under the control of the loyal usurper Vetranio used a type showing Victory crowning a soldier surrounded by the words seen in Constantine's vision.
Constantius' sister Constantina supported Vetranio who abdicated in favor of Constantius when he arrived on the scene.
Whether all the issues of Constantius were produced after the abdication or whether the two were issued together is not clear.
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 Encyclopedia: Constantius Chlorus
Flavia Maximiana Theodora (known as Theodora) was the daughter or step-daughter of Maximian.
In 298 Constantius overthrew the Alamanni in the territory of the Lingones (Langres), and again at Vidonissa, thus strengthening the defenses of the Rhine frontier.
Events Constantius Chlorus overthrows the Alamanni in the territory of the Lingones (Langres) and strengthened the Rhine frontier Christians are expelled from the Roman army Baths of Diocletian built in Rome Births Athanasius of Alexandria, bishop and opponent of Arianism Deaths Diophantus, mathematician (approximate date) King Chaekgye of Baekje Categories...
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 Rome A.D. 313-364: The Constantinian Era   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A.D. Constantine II / Constans / Constantius II Constantine II / Constans / Constantius II Constantine II / Constans / Constantius II Constantine II invades Italy; is defeated and killed by Constans at Aquileia.
A.D. Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans / Constantius II Constans assassinated at his palace; Magnentius (his army chief) declares himself Augustus.
A.D. Constantius II Constantius II advances on Magnentius and defeats him at Mursa, in the Balkans.
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 AllRefer.com - Constantius I (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Constantius I (Constantius Chlorus)[kunstan´shus] Pronunciation Key, c.250–306, Roman emperor (305–6).
The two emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, abdicated in 305, and Constantius and Galerius became emperors.
On his death the imperial throne was claimed by his son Constantine (Constantine I), but the office was long contested.
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 Constantius I Chlorus --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Constantius I Chlorus, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
As a member of a four-man ruling body (tetrarchy) created by the emperor Diocletian, Constantius held the title caesar from 293 to 305 and caesar augustus in 305–306.
Constantius I Chlorus (305-306 A.D. Brief biography of this Roman emperor who ruled between 305-306 A.D. Features bibliography and map.
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