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Constans was unhappy with this division, and so the brothers met at Viminacium in 338 to revise the boundaries.
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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 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.
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.
Constans and with
Geoffrey also names him as one of three sons of Constantine III, along with Constans II and Uther Pendragon.
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.
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.
Following the death of his father in 337, Constantine II initially became emperor jointly with his brothers Constantius II and Constans, with the Empire divided between them and their cousins, the Caesars Dalmatius and Hannibalianus.
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.
As a result of the dispute, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius I's abduction ( as his predecessor Constans II had done with Pope Martin I ), but with the assistance of the exarch of Ravenna, Sergius I was able to avoid trial in Constantinople.
One of the first acts of the new pope was to send papal legates to Constantinople with letters to Emperor Constans II informing him of his election and professing his faith.
* 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.
* Emperor of the West Constans forced to visit Britain to deal with Pictish rebels.
When he is ambushed and killed by Constans, Constans is left sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire, with his other brother, Constantius II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
After Constans ' son and successor, Constantine IV had overcome the Muslim siege of Constantinople in 678, he immediately set his sights on restoring communion with Rome: he wrote to Pope Donus suggesting a conference on the matter.
But he also sought to end the issue with the Emperor by promulgating the Type of Constans, ordering that the Ecthesis be taken down and seeking to end discussion on the doctrine.
Constantius II, older brother of Constans and emperor in the East, promptly set forth towards Magnentius with a large army.
Like Eugene, Vitalian tried to restore the connection with Constantinople by making friendly advances to the Eastern Emperor Constans II and to prepare the way for the settlement of the Monothelite controversy.
The following Sunday, Constans went in state to St. Peter's, offered a pallium wrought with gold, and was present during the Mass celebrated by the pope.
Emperor Constans II sided with the archbishop and issued an edict removing the Archbishop of Ravenna from the patriarchal jurisdiction of Rome.
A silver Hexagram ( currency ) | hexagramma showing Constans II with his son.
He summoned his eldest son Constans from the monastery where he was dwelling, elevated him to Caesar, or co-emperor, and sent him with the general Gerontius towards Hispania.
While Constantine prepared to send his son Constans back to deal with this crisis, word came that his general Gerontius had rebelled, raising his own man as co-emperor.
Constans left monastic life and travelled with Vortigern to London.
Constans and division
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.
Within its walls was assassinated Constans, the son of Constantine in 350 A. D. With the division of southern Gaul in 462, Elne became one of the " seven cities " of Septimania.
Constans and so
However, he was certainly concerned about the effect all these arcane debates were having on the Roman Empire, and so he issued an imperial edict called the Type of Constans.
The strongest evidence so far has been a single coin, dating from the reign of the Emperor Constans ( AD337 – 350 ), which was found during excavations for a dry dock.
Negotiations over the canons failed to solve anything, so Justinian retaliated by sending a certain Zacharias to arrest him, as his predecessors Justinian I and Constans II had done with earlier popes.
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