Back Konstantin II. (Rom) ALS قسطنطين الثاني (إمبراطور) Arabic قسطنطين التانى ARZ II Konstantin Azerbaijani ایکینجی کونستانتین AZB Канстанцін II Byelorussian Константин II (император) Bulgarian Constantinus II Breton Flavi Claudi Constantí Catalan Konstantin II. Czech
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&sq=covid19&lang=en&file=File:Campidoglio,_Roma_-_Costantino_II_cesare_fronte.jpg) Statue of Constantine II as caesar, on top of the Cordonata (the monumental staircase climbing up to Piazza del Campidoglio) in Rome | |||||||||
| Roman emperor | |||||||||
| Augustus | 9 September 337 – April 340 (Gaul, Hispania, and Britain) | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Constantine I | ||||||||
| Successor | Constans | ||||||||
| Co-emperors | Constantius II (East) Constans (Italy, Illyricum and Africa) | ||||||||
| Caesar | 1 March 317 – 9 September 337 | ||||||||
| Born | 316 Arelate, Viennensis | ||||||||
| Died | April 340 (aged 23 or 24) Aquileia, Italy | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Constantinian | ||||||||
| Father | Constantine I | ||||||||
| Mother | Fausta | ||||||||
| Religion | Christianity | ||||||||
Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. The son of the emperor Constantine I, he was proclaimed caesar by his father shortly after his birth. He was associated with military victories over the Sarmatians, Alamanni and Goths during his career, for which he was granted a number of victory titles.[3] He held the consulship four times – in 320, 321, 324, and 329.
Constantine I had arranged for his sons to share power with their cousins Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, but this was not accepted by Constantine II and his brothers. As a result, Constantine II's brother Constantius II ordered the killings of numerous male relatives following Constantine I's death, including Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, thus eliminating any possible opponents to the succession of Constantine I's sons. Constantine II then ascended to the throne alongside his two younger brothers, ruling Gaul, Hispania, and Britain. However, his belief in his rights of primogeniture and attempts to exert them over his youngest brother Constans caused conflict, which ended with his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340. Constans subsequently took control of Constantine's territories, with the latter being subjected to damnatio memoriae.
- ^ Jones, Martindale & Morris, p. 223.
- ^ Craven, Maxwell (2019). "Constantine II". The Imperial Families of Ancient Rome. Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1781557389.
- ^ Baker-Brian 2022, p. 140.
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