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Constans led a fleet to attack the Muslims at Phoinike ( off Lycia ) in 655 at the Battle of the Masts, but he was defeated: 500 Byzantine ships were destroyed in the battle, and the Emperor himself was almost killed.
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This led to growing tensions between the two brothers, which were only heightened by Constans finally coming of age and Constantine refusing to give up his guardianship.
In 341-2, Constans led a successful campaign against the Franks and in the early months of 343 visited Britain.
But a suspicion that he and Martina had murdered Constantine led soon after to a revolt under the general Valentinus, who forced Heraklonas to accept his young nephew Constans II as co-ruler.
A rumor that Martina had him poisoned led first to the imposition of Constans II as co-emperor and then to the deposition, mutilation, and banishment of Martina and her sons.
Constans owed his throne to a popular reaction against his uncle and to the protection of the soldiers led by the general Valentinus.
Soon afterwards, a revolt led by general of the army named Valentinus began, and Heraklonas was forced to accept his young nephew Constans II, son of late Constantine, as co-ruler.
He continued his polemic from London, and after the suicide of General Boulanger he attacked M. Constans, minister of the interior in the Freycinet cabinet, with the utmost violence, in a series of articles which led to an interpellation in the chamber in circumstances of wild excitement and disorder.
A prime minister was deposed, which led to a new undersecretary of the navy, Jean Constans, who opposed de Morès ' plan from the start.
Constans and fleet
* Constans II's fleet is defeated by the Abdullah bin Sa ' ad bin Abi Sarh the Arab at Finike at the Battle of the Masts.
Constans and attack
They had apparently been used as the foundation of a portion of the city wall, reconstructed in 663 under the fear of an attack by the Byzantine emperor Constans II, the temple having been destroyed by order of the bishop, St Barbatus, to provide the necessary material ( A. Meomartini, 0.
Constans ordered Saburrus, the commander of his army, to attack again the Lombards but he was defeated by the Beneventani at Forino, between Avellino and Salerno.
Constans and Muslims
So furious were the Byzantine officials at this harsh rejection of the wishes of their emperor and patriarch that they threatened to roast Eugene, just as they had roasted Pope Martin I. Eugene was saved from the fate of his predecessor by the advance of the Muslims, who took Rhodes in 654 and defeated Constans himself in the naval battle of Phoenix ( 655 ).
Constans and at
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.
On 25 December 333, Constantine I elevated Constans to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople.
Constans was unhappy with this division, and so the brothers met at Viminacium in 338 to revise the boundaries.
Constans, at that time in Dacia, detached and sent a select and disciplined body of his Illyrian troops, stating that he would follow them in person with the remainder of his forces.
Constantine was eventually trapped at Aquileia, where he died, leaving Constans to inherit all of his brother ’ s former territories – Hispania, Britannia and Gaul.
Constans, at that time in Dacia, detached and sent a select and disciplined body of his Illyrian troops, stating that he would follow them in person with the remainder of his forces.
After the followers of Eusebius of Nicomedia ( who was now the Patriarch of Constantinople ) had renewed their deposition of Athanasius at a synod held in Antioch in 341, they resolved to send delegates to Constans, Emperor of the West, and also to Julius, setting forth the grounds on which they had proceeded.
* 668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
* The Roman usurper Constantine III established his headquarters at Arles ( Southern Gaul ) and elevates his eldest son, Constans, to the rank of Caesar.
* 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.
* Emperor Constantine II crosses the Alps and attacks the army of Constans I at Aquileia in northern Italy.
* December 25 – Constantine I elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople.
Constans then moved on to Sicily, oppressed the population, and was assassinated at Syracuse in 668.
His eldest brother Constans succeeds to the throne on their father's death, but is murdered at the instigation of his adviser Vortigern, who seizes the throne.
Constans left his wife and household at Saragossa under the care of Gerontius to return to report to Arles.
Constantine's position grew even more untenable ; his forces facing the rebel Gerontius were defeated at Vienne ( 411 ), where his son Constans was captured and executed.
When the army grew dissatisfied with the behavior of Roman Emperor Constans, it elevated Magnentius at Autun on January 18, 350.
Taking advantage of the fact that Lombard king Grimoald I of Benevento was engaged against Frankish forces from Neustria, Constans II disembarked at Taranto and besieged Lucera and Benevento.
Constans and 655
After seizing Cyprus in 649 and raiding Rhodes, Crete and Sicily, the young Arab navy decisively defeated the Byzantines under the personal command of Emperor Constans II ( 641 – 668 ) in the Battle of the Masts of 655.
Constans and Battle
The West was unified in 340 under Constans, who was assassinated in 350 under the order of the usurper Magnentius ; after Magnentius lost the Battle of Mursa Major and committed suicide, a complete reunification of the whole Empire occurred in 353, with Constantius II.
Constans and was
With the Lombard invasion of Italy it was annexed to the Duchy of Benevento, until it was finally destroyed by the Byzantines of Constans II in 663, reducing to a small hamlet known as Quintodecimo ( referring to its distance of 15 miles from Benevento ).
Athanasius went to Rome, where he was under the protection of Constans, the Emperor of the West.
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.
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.
This division lasted until 350, when Constans was assassinated by forces loyal to the usurper Magnentius.
Constans () ( c. 323 – 350 ), was Roman Emperor from 337 to 350.
Constans was the third and youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, his father's second wife.
Almost immediately, Constans was required to deal with a Sarmatian invasion in late 337, over whom he won a resounding victory.
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.
Constans managed to extract the prefecture of Illyricum and the diocese of Thrace, provinces that were originally part of what was meant to be ruled by his cousin Dalmatius as per Constantine I ’ s proposed division of the Empire after his death.
Constans ’ brother, Constantine II, soon complained that he had not received the amount of territory that was his due, stemming from his position as the eldest of Constantine ’ s sons.
Regarding religion, Constans was tolerant of Judaism but promulgated an edict banning pagan sacrifices in 341.
Although Constans called the Council of Sardica in 343 to settle the conflict, it was a complete failure and by 346 the two emperors were on the point of open warfare over the religious dispute.
Constans was enjoying himself nearby when he was notified of the elevation of Magnentius.
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, he was the guardian of his younger brother Constans, whose portion was Italia, Africa and Illyricum.
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