ROMAN CONSTANTIUS II as Caesar Half Centenionalis AD 337-361 /BATTLE NGC (26)

ROMAN EMPIRE

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CONSTANTIUS II as Caesar

Constantine the Great son

Obverse:  Diademed, draped and
cuirassed bust right

Reverse: soldier spearing fallen horseman who is bare-headed,bearded, reaching
backwards.

Flavius Iulius Constantius, known in English
as Constantius II (7 August 317 – November 3 361) was a Roman Emperor (337-361)
of the Constantinian dynasty .



Constantius joins the lengthy list of emperors whose career was marked by a
seemingly endless series of wars both domestic and foreign. He served as Caesar
from 324 until his father's death in 337 at which time he shared the title of
Augustus with two other brothers, Constantine II and Constans. To make sure no
more Johnny-come-latelies in his family would try their hand at being emperor
too it is thought that he engineered a bloodbath that left nary a relative.
Constantine II died in battle and Constans was murdered by the men of Magnentius,
the first of several usurpers. This left Constantius finally as sole legitimate
emperor and he moved quickly to suppress Magnentius, an endeavor he eventually
accomplished. The strife didn't end there, however, as he still had to deal with
other revolts and wars on every corner of the empire. Caught in these
never-ending battles he died while on his way to battle Julian II.



Flavius Iulius Constantius was born at Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia
) in province of Pannonia , the third son of Constantine the Great , and second
by his second wife Fausta , the daughter of Maximian . Constantius was made
Caesar by his father on 13 November 324.



When the elder Constantine died at Constantinople on 22 May 337, Constantius was
nearest of his sons to that city, and despite being on campaign in the eastern
provinces, immediately returned to the city to oversee his father's funeral.

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