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In 341-2, Constans led a successful campaign against the Franks and in the early months of 343 visited Britain.
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Constans and led
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.
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.
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.
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 successful
* Constans I begins a successful campaign against the Franks.
Constans and campaign
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 may have been recalled to command a unit of comitatenses under emperor Constans I during his campaign on the island in the winter of 342 / 3.
Constans and against
Constans in turn fell in 350 in the war against the usurper Magnentius.
By the time of Constans II ( who also organized campaigns against the Slavs ), the significant number of the Slavs of Macedonia were captured and transferred to central Asia Minor where they were forced to recognize the authority of the Byzantine emperor and serve in its ranks.
On the banishment of Pope Martin I by Byzantine Empire Constans II, he showed greater deference than his predecessor to the emperor's wishes and made no public stand against the Monothelitism of the patriarchs of Constantinople.
* Spring – Constantine III crosses the Alps into Liguria ( Northern Italy ), but retreats to Gaul after Gerontius revolts in Spain against his son Constans II.
* Emperor Constans I travels to Britain, possibly for a military expedition against the Picts and Scots.
When Heraclius ' grandson Constans II took the throne, he saw the controversy as threatening the stability of the Empire and attempted to silence discussion, by outlawing speaking either in favour or against the doctrine.
Vitalian supported Constans ' son Constantine IV against the usurper Mezezius and thus helped him attain the throne.
Bede tells that Ebroin waylaid an Englishman returning from Rome, for fear that the Byzantine Emperor ( Constans II, residing in Syracuse ( Sicily )) was plotting an alliance against his rule.
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.
* 341 – Constans and Constantius II issue a ban against pagan sacrifice.
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.
Councils were held at Milan in 343 and 347, against Photinus ; in the cause of St. Athanasius, at which the Emperor Constans menaced the bishops ; 390, against Jovinian ; 451, against the Robber Council of Ephesus ; 680, against the Monothelites ; 1060, 1098, 1117, 1287, for ecclesiastical reforms.
The first law against same-sex marriage was promulgated by the Christian emperors Constantius II and Constans.
Constans and early
Constantine and Gregoria married in 629 or perhaps early 630 and in that year their first child, Constans II was born.
During the early 7th century, Constans II made the first mass-expulsions of Slavs from the Greek peninsula to the Balkans and central Asia Minor.
The legend claims Constans, older brother to Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon, spent his early life studying at a monastery.
This was an organization founded in early times, of which I have already said something in the history of Constans.
Constans and 343
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.
Maximin was an opponent of Arianism, and was supported by the courts of Constantine II and Constans, who harboured as an honored guest Athanasius twice during his exile from Alexandria, in 336-37, before he was bishop, and again in 343.
Constans and visited
In 663 Constans visited Rome for 12 days — no emperor having set foot in Rome for two centuries — and was received with great honor by Pope Vitalian ( 657 – 672 ).
Paul the Deacon records the spoliation of the building by the Emperor Constans II, who visited Rome in July 663:
Constans and Britain
Constantine invaded Gaul in 407, occupying Arles, and while Constantine was in Gaul, his son Constans ruled over Britain.
** Marcus, Gratian, Constantine " III " and Constans " II " in Gaul and Britain ;
* Emperor of the West Constans forced to visit Britain to deal with Pictish rebels.
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.
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.
Constans () ( c. 323 – 350 ), was Roman Emperor from 337 to 350.
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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