Constantius II Crawford Peter
Constantius II Crawford Peter The reign of Constantius II has been overshadowed by that of his titanic father, Constantine the Great, and his cousin and successor, the pagan Julian. When Constantine…
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Constantius II Crawford Peter
The reign of Constantius II has been overshadowed by that of his titanic father, Constantine the Great, and his cousin and successor, the pagan Julian. When Constantine I died in in 337, the twenty-year-old Constantius and his two brothers, Constans and Constantine II, all recieved the title of Augustus to reign as equal co-emperors. However, as Peter Crawford shows, Constantius deserves to be remembered as a very capable ruler in dangerous, tumultuous times.
The two remaining brothers shared the Empire for the next ten years, with Constantius ruling Egypt and the Asian provinces, constantly threatened by the Sassanid Persian Empire. In 340, however, Constantine II was killed in a fraternal civil war with Constans. However, Constans in turn was killed by the usurper Magentius in 350.
Constantius refused to accept this fait accompli, made war on Magentius and defeated him at the battles