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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 was unhappy with this division, and so the brothers met at Viminacium in 338 to revise the boundaries.
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.
Constantine was eventually trapped at Aquileia, where he died, leaving Constans to inherit all of his brother ’ s former territories – Hispania, Britannia and Gaul.
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.
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.
Constans and himself
* 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
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 ).
* 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.
Pope Vitalian, who had hosted the visit of Constans II to Rome in 663, almost immediately declared himself in favor of the doctrine of the two wills of Christ.
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.
Constans and when
Additional complications also arose when Constans came of age, and Constantine, who had grown used to dominating his younger brother, would not relinquish the guardianship.
Constantine II died in 340 when he attacked his brother Constans.
Vitalian showed reciprocity toward Constans when the latter came to Rome in 663 to spend twelve days there during a campaign against the Lombards.
He had been given the responsibility of managing the affairs at Constantinople during his father ’ s extended absence in Italy and became senior Emperor when Constans was assassinated in 668.
342 ), and when four Arian bishops consequently came from Antioch to Trier with the purpose of winning Emperor Constans to their side, Maximinus refused to receive them and induced the emperor to reject their proposals.
Constans and 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.
In the middle of the century, for a few years the province was loyal to the usurper Magnentius, who succeeded Constans following the latter's death.
Constans in turn fell in 350 in the war against the usurper Magnentius.
In 350, Constans I was assassinated by agents of the usurper Magnentius, a commander in Gaul proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
Constantius II, older brother of Constans and emperor in the East, promptly set forth towards Magnentius with a large army.
When the army grew dissatisfied with the behavior of Roman Emperor Constans, it elevated Magnentius at Autun on January 18, 350.
* Marcellinus ( magister officiorum ) ( d. c. 351 ), officer of Emperor Constans and of usurper Magnentius
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.
In 350, Magnentius had rebelled and killed the emperor Constans, claiming the purple.
Her brother Constans had been killed by Magnentius earlier that year and she probably thought Vetranio could protect her family and herself against the usurper.
# Character of Constantine – Gothic War – Death of Constantine – Division of the Empire among his three sons – Persian War – Tragic Deaths of Constantine the Younger and Constans – Usurpation of Magnentius – Civil War – Victory of Constantius II
After the western emperor Constans had been assassinated ( 350 ), Servatius was sent to Edessa as envoy to Constantius II, the Eastern Emperor, by the court party of the usurper Magnentius, to represent the late Constans as an unworthy tyrant and oppressor, in the unsuccessful hope of obtaining Constantius ' recognition of Magnentius as co-Augustus.
Constans and .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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