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Constans () ( c. 323 – 350 ), was Roman Emperor from 337 to 350.
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* Marcellinus ( magister officiorum ) ( d. c. 351 ), officer of Emperor Constans and of usurper Magnentius
By Maximian, she had two children, a boy, Maxentius ( c. 277 – 287 ), who was Western Roman Emperor from 306 – 312 and a girl, Fausta ( c. 298 ), who was wife of Constantine the Great, and mother of six children by him, including the Augusti Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans.
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Geoffrey also names him as one of three sons of Constantine III, along with Constans II and Uther Pendragon.
When King Constantine's eldest son Constans is murdered at Vortigern's instigation, the two remaining sons, Ambrosius and Uther, still very young, are quickly hustled into exile in Brittany.
Athanasius went to Rome, where he was under the protection of Constans, the Emperor of the West.
In 346, following the death of Gregory, Constans used his influence to allow Athanasius to return to Alexandria.
However, upon Constans ' death in 350, a civil war broke out which left Constantius as sole emperor.
The second son of Constantine I and Fausta, he ascended to the throne with his brothers Constantine II and Constans upon their father's death.
The resulting conflict left Constantine II dead and Constans as ruler of the west until he was overthrown and assassinated in 350 by the usurper Magnentius.
Division of the Roman Empire among the Caesars appointed by Constantine I: from left to right, the territories of Constantine II ( emperor ) | Constantine II, Constans I, Dalmatius and Constantius II.
After the death of Constantine I ( May 337 ), this was the formal division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.
The massacre left Constantius, his older brother Constantine II, his younger brother Constans, and three cousins Gallus, Julian and Nepotianus as the only surviving male relatives of Constantine the Great.
Constantine received Britannia, Gaul, Hispania, and Mauretania, while Constans, though initially under the supervision of Constantine II, received Italy, Africa, Illyricum, Pannonia, Macedonia, and Achaea.
Meanwhile, his brother Constantine desired to retain control of Constans ' realm – leading Constantius ' two brothers into open conflict.
As a result, Constans took control of his deceased brother ’ s realms and became sole ruler of the Western two-thirds of the empire.
This division lasted until 350, when Constans was assassinated by forces loyal to the usurper Magnentius.
He defeated his brother Constantine II in 340, but anger in the army over his personal life and preference for his barbarian bodyguards saw the general Magnentius rebel, resulting in Constans ’ assassination in 350.
Constans was the third and youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, his father's second wife.
On 25 December 333, Constantine I elevated Constans to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople.
Prior to 337, Constans became engaged to Olympias, the daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Ablabius, although the marriage never came to pass.
With Constantine ’ s death in 337, Constans and his two brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II divided the Roman world between themselves, after first deposing of virtually all of the relatives of their father who could possibly have a claim on the throne.
Almost immediately, Constans was required to deal with a Sarmatian invasion in late 337, over whom he won a resounding victory.
Division of the Roman Empire among the Caesars appointed by Constantine I: from left to right, the territories of Constantine II ( emperor ) | Constantine II, Constans, Dalmatius and Constantius II.
After the death of Constantine I ( May 337 ), this was the formal division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.
At first, Constans was under the guardianship of Constantine II, and the original settlement saw Constans receiving the praetorian prefectures of Italy and Africa.
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Constantine was eventually trapped at Aquileia, where he died, leaving Constans to inherit all of his brother ’ s former territories – Hispania, Britannia and Gaul.
* DiMaio, Michael ; Frakes, Robert, Constans I ( 337 – 350 A. D .), in De Imperatoribus Romanis ( D. I. R.
* 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
* 630 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor ( d. 668 )
* 668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
* 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors.
* Spring – Constantine III crosses the Alps into Liguria ( Northern Italy ), but retreats to Gaul after Gerontius revolts in Spain against his son Constans II.
* September 17 – Martin I arrives in Constantinople, where he is eventually deposed as pope by the emperor Constans II.
* September 15 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
* January 18 – Emperor Constans I makes himself extremely unpopular, Magnus Magnentius is proclaimed emperor at Autun ( Gaul ) with support of the army on the Rhine frontier.
* January – Constans I flees to Spain, where he is subsequently assassinated at Castrum Helenae.
* September 9 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors.
* December 25 – Constantine I elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople.
The Council settled a set of theological controversies that go back to the sixth century but had intensified under the Emperors Heraclius ( 610 – 641 ) and Constans II ( 641 – 668 ).
Basil was the first Byzantine emperor since Constans II ( r. 641 – 668 ) to pursue an active policy to restore the Empire's power in the West.
It was not until the reign of Pope Leo II ( 682 – 83 ) that the independence of the See of Ravenna was suppressed: Emperor Constantine IV revoked the edict of Constans and confirmed the ancient rights of the Roman See over the See of Ravenna.
Uther's family is based on some historical figures ; Constantine on the historical usurper Constantine III, a claimant to the Roman throne from 407 – 411, and Constans on his son.
" This view has been objected to by other historians however, and more recent scholarship dates their creation later, to the period from the 640s to the 660s, under Constans II ( r. 641 – 668 ).
* Ernest Constans – Minister of the Interior and Worship
* 412 – 414: Constans
In terms of official Imperial nomenclature, the style " Constantine III " would be more appropriate for his son Constans II ( r. 641 – 668 ).
Constans II (), also called Constantine the Bearded ( Kōnstantinos Pogonatos ), ( November 7, 630 – September 15, 668 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 641 to 668.
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