Constantine II (emperor)

Member of the House of Constantine dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 317 until 340.

Flavius Julius Constantius was the son of Constantine I and Faustina, born in 314. He was made Caesar while young, along with his brother and Licinius II in 317.

Upon the death of Constantine I, Constantine II and his brothers Constantius and Constans swiftly crushed Dalmatius and Hannibalianus (nephews of Constantine also claiming power). They divided the empire and Constantine II received Spain, Gaul, and Britain. Soon thereafter he quarrelled with Constans over this division, and in 340 he crossed the Alps and tried to invade Italy. He died near Aquileia in an ambush.

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• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/82697127

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Constantine II (emperor)
• Full names:
  • Constantine II
• Title:
• Predecessor: Constantine I
• Successor: Constantius II, Constans
• Definition: Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; February 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.
• Parents:
  • Father: Constantine the Great
  • Mother: Fausta
• Birth place: Arles, Viennensis
• Death place: Roman Italy, Aquileia
• Spouse:
• Other title(s):
  • List of Roman emperors
  • List of Roman consuls
• Came After:
  • Constantius II
  • Gallicanus (consul 330)
  • Valerius Proculus
  • Sextus Anicius Paulinus
  • Petronius Probianus
  • Constans
  • Amnius Anicius Julianus
  • Aurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus
• Came before:
  • Vettius Iustus
  • Vettius Rufinus
  • Acilius Severus
  • Constantine I
  • Licinius Caesar
  • Ianuarinus
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 340 deaths
  • 4th-century Roman emperors
  • Tetrarchy
  • Roman emperors killed in battle
  • Sons of Roman emperors
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Constantinian dynasty
  • Claudii
  • Flavii
  • 316 births