Constantius 2 biography of barack

Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins. DIR Atlas. He seems to have been made a Caesar on 13 November in Nicomedeia. At the time of his father's Tricennalia he went to Constantinople and married his first wife, the daughter of his uncle Julius Constantius. When his father died in May , Constantius, who was campaigning in the east, rushed back to Constantinople and arranged for his father's obsequies.

He may have been the force behind the murder of a large number of relatives and retainers in a purge.

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The only male family members who survived were Julian and his half-brother Gallus. The purge may have had its roots in the religious squabbling between the Orthodox and Arian factions in Constantinople. After his brother Constans I was killed by the forces of Magnentius in , Constantius obtained possession of his brother's realm which included the territory of Constantine II, who had died in Constantius spent a great deal of his reign on military campaigns; between and , he resided in Antioch, between he spent much of his time in Sirmium and Mediolanum Milan , and in he lived in Antioch again.

While in the east, he spent several of his summers campaigning against the Persians.