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Constantius and had
Constantine's son Constantius II, who had become Emperor of the eastern part of the Empire, actually encouraged the Arians and set out to reverse the Nicene creed.
After Constantius ' death in 361, his successor Julian the Apostate, a devotee of Rome's pagan gods, declared that he would no longer attempt to favor one church faction over another, and allowed all exiled bishops to return ; this had the objective of further increasing dissension among Christians.
He returned to Italy with Ursicinus, when he was recalled by Constantius, and accompanied him on the expedition against Claudius Silvanus, who had been forced by the allegedly unjust accusations of his enemies into proclaiming himself emperor in Gaul.
Like many ancient historians, Ammianus had a strong political and religious agenda to pursue, however, and he contrasted Constantius II with Julian to the former's constant disadvantage ; like all ancient writers he was skilled in rhetoric, and this shows in his work.
In May 357 the Roman laity, which had remained faithful to Liberius, demanded that Constantius, who was on a visit to Rome, should recall Liberius.
In 361, after the death of Emperor Constantius, shortly followed by the murder of the very unpopular Bishop George, the popular St Athanasius now had the opportunity to return to his patriarchate.
The Batavi were still mentioned in 355 during the reign of Constantius II ( 317-361 ), when their island was already dominated by the Salii, a Frankish tribe that had sought Roman protection there in 297 after having been expelled from their own country by the Saxons.
In 351, as a consequence of the difficulty of managing the entire empire alone, Constantius elevated his cousin Constantius Gallus, the eldest surviving son of Constantius ' half-uncle, Julius Constantius, to the subordinate rank of Caesar, but had him executed three years later after receiving scathing reports of his cousin's violent and corrupt nature.
Before facing Magnentius, Constantius first came to terms with Vetranio, a loyal general in Illyricum who had recently been acclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
In the meantime, Constantius had been receiving some disturbing reports regarding the actions of his cousin Gallus.
Silvanus had surrendered to Constantius after the Battle of Mursa Major.
Constantius had made him magister militum in 353, with the purpose of blocking the German threats, a feat that Silvanus achieved by bribing the German tribes with the money he had collected.
In 360, when news reached Constantius that Shapur II had destroyed Singara, and taken Kiphas ( Hasankeyf ),
Constantius had already spent part of early 361 unsuccessfully attempting to re-take the fortress of Ad Tigris.
Apparently, realising his death was near, Constantius had himself baptised by Euzoius, the Semi-Arian bishop of Antioch, and then declared that Julian was his rightful successor.
Constantius seems to have had a particular interest in the religious state of the Roman Empire.
Constantius and his successor had expanded the power of Bishops placing them on the same level as civic elites.
It is possible that Flavius Constantius, the governor of Dalmatia and Diocletian's associate in the household guard, had already defected to Diocletian in the early spring.
Gaul was again a source of troubles for Honorius: just after Constantius ' troops had returned to Italy, Jovinus revolted in northern Gaul, with the support of Alans, Burgundians, and the Gallic nobility.
The province's defences had been rebuilt in the preceding years, and although his health was poor Constantius wished to penetrate into enemy territory.
Those of a different belief had to recognize that the process of consolidation, which imperial legislation had effected from the time of Constantius II, would now vigorously continue.

Constantius and married
In 350, he was made Caesar ( title ) | Caesar by Constantius and was married to the Emperor's sister, Constantina.
A few days later, Julian was married to Helena, the last surviving sister of Constantius.
Constantius II was married three times:
Second, to Eusebia, a woman of Macedonian origin from the city of Thessaloniki, whom Constantius married before his defeat of Magnentius in 353.
Third and lastly, in 360, to Faustina, who gave birth to Constantius ' only child, a posthumous daughter named Flavia Maxima Constantia, who later married Emperor Gratian.
In 417, Constantius married Honorius ' sister, Galla Placidia, much against her will.
Said niece Claudia reportedly married Eutropius and was mother to Constantius Chlorus.
To strengthen the ties between the emperor and his powerful military servant, in 289 Constantius divorced his wife ( or concubine ) Helena, and married the emperor Maximian ’ s daughter, Theodora.
Constantius was either married to, or was in concubinage with, Helena, who was probably from Nicomedia in Asia Minor.
Constantius married Coel's daughter Helena and became king of Britain.
Gratian was first married to Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius II.
Constantius was appointed patricius and in 417, the year of his second consulate held with Honorius as colleague, he married Galla Placidia, tying himself to the House of Theodosius.
In order to obtain a wife more consonant with his rising status, Constantius divorced Helena some time before 289, when he married Theodora, Maximian's daughter.
who reportedly married Eutropius and was mother to Constantius Chlorus.
In the legend Helena, the daughter of Cole, married the Roman senator Constantius Chlorus, who had been sent by Rome as an ambassador and was named as Cole's successor.
Constantius married Coel's daughter, Helena, and crowned himself as Coel's successor.
In 293, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius Constantius ( later known as Constantius Chlorus ), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena, to strengthen his political position.
Galerius's sister gave birth to a son, Maximinus Daia, and Galerius's daughter by his first wife, Valeria Maximilla, married Maxentius, son of Maximian by his wife Eutropia ; Eutropia's first marriage ( to Afranius Hannibalianus ) had produced a daughter, Theodora, who became the second wife of Constantius Chlorus (" the Pale ") in 289 ( adopted by Maximian on March 1, 293 ).
Constantius I " Chlorus " married twice ; his first wife St. Helena bore him a son, Constantine I whose second wife Fausta ( daughter of Maximian and Eutropia ; sister of Maxentius ; half-sister of Constantius I's second wife Theodora ) bore him three sons ( Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I ) and two daughters ( Constantia and Helena ); these children were nieces and nephews of Maxentius, half-nieces and half-nephews of Licinius ( who had married their father's half-sister ), and grandchildren of Maximian.

Constantius and Galla
The following year, however, the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II elected his cousin Valentinian III, son of Galla Placidia and Constantius III, as Emperor.
Both the Empress Galla Placidia and her husband Constantius III favored Eulalius, who had been elected first.
* 421 – Galla Placidia, wife of the Emperor Constantius III, becomes a widow for the second time when he dies suddenly of an illness.
* January 1 – Emperor Honorius forces his half-sister Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his general ( magister militum ).
* September 2 – Constantius III dies suddenly of an illness, his wife Galla Placidia becomes for the second time a widow.
Valentinian was born in the western capital of Ravenna, the only son of Galla Placidia and Flavius Constantius.
Under the latter's reign, Galla Placidia was returned to Ravenna where, in 417, at the urging of Honorius, she remarried, her new husband being the implacable enemy of the Goths, Constantius.
Gallus was a son of Julius Constantius by his first wife Galla.
Despite this reversal Eulalius ' position appeared to be the stronger, for he had the support of the Empress Galla Placidia and her husband Constantius, because he had been elected first.
In 416 Wallia reached agreement with Constantius ; he sent Galla Placidia back to Honorius and received provisions, six hundred thousand modii of wheat.
Honoria was the only daughter of later Emperor Constantius III and Galla Placidia.
* Galla ( wife of Julius Constantius )
Valentinian I was the twice-married brother of Valens ; his first wife Marina Severa bore him one son ( Gratian, whose first wife was Constantia, the daughter of Constantius II ), and his second wife Justina ( the widow of Magnentius ) bore him two children, a daughter ( Galla, the second wife of Theodosius I ; see below ) and a son ( Valentinian II ).
*** From marriage between Galla Placidia and Constantius III.
Constantius III married Arcadius's and Honorius's sister Galla Placidia, and she bore him a son, Valentinian III.
The sudden death of the nonentity Emperor Honorius 15 August 423, which followed the death of the more active Constantius III ( 421 ) and the exile of Empress Galla Placidia to Constantinople ( Spring 423 ), created a power vacuum " if it can be so described ", observes John Matthews, " was filled, as we should expect, by usurpation.
The first was Galla, wife of Julius Constantius and mother of Constantius Gallus.
Justina's mother was probably a daughter of Julius Constantius and his first wife, the aforementioned Galla.

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