ch 32 Flashcards
rumers after constantine’s death
his half brothers and his sons were all butchered after ot was ruered they killed constantine only gallus and julian survived
origin of the rumers
constantius the second (2nd son of fausta) being a jerk
sons of fausta/ constantine’s succession
eldest- constantine 2nd gets the west
youngest- constans gets africa, italy and illyria
middle- constantantius 2 gets the east
quarrell in 340
constantine attacks constans in itlay, is killed and constans now ruules all of the west
22 May 337
death of constantine 1
why as constans unpopular
despite beating the brittish and gauls, he drove his men hard and had inflation
magnentius
high-ranking officer of British and Frankish ancestry, overthrew and executed Constans in 350
end of magnentous
Meanwhile, Constantius II had been defending the East against the Persian King Shapur (Sapor) II (309–379). He disengaged himself
from the Persians and defeated Magnentius in
a series of battles beginning in 351. Magnentius
finally committed suicide in 353 and left
Constantius II as sole emperor.
gallus made ceaser
apointed by constantius 2 in 351 ag\fetr marying constantina
death of gallus
constantius gaets jelly in 354 and recalls him. his wife dies in travel buildng a beutiful mauseleum. onstantisu killed, julian survives only because eusebia interviens on his behalf
eusebia
wife of constantius, super cool, one of the only surviving reletives of constantine.
julian appointed ceaser
with the support of eusebia, when constantius 2 s fighting in the danube but gaul rebells in 355 he marrys helena
julian successes as ceaser
357-359– rocks it in the rhine
julian becomes sole emporer
afetr the death of eusebia julians position was weak and constantius 2 tried to take his troops in 359, they refuse and provlame julian emporer, then helena dies, then constantius refuses to settles and tries to attach, then he dies from natural causes and everyone defects to julian 361
constantia
posthumous daughter of constantius 2
closing of all pagan temples
constantius 2 in 356
constantius religuion
oruinginally aryan then called two councils at arminium and selucia thay both sayed that christ was of the body of the father then meet together at constantinople
dates of julian’s rule
361-363
julian’s teacher
bishob george of cappadoia
why the apostate?
cuz he pagan
antioich and julian
they hate him/ignore him
julian vs persians
in 363 initially successful the fails to take ctesiphon then is harrassed by shapur
death of julian
attempts to rally the troops then is hit in the chest by a spear (allegedly by a christain roman) on june 26 363
jovian dates of rule
363-feb 364
the first choice for julian’s sucessor
Saturnius Secundus Salutius
julian’s successor
jovian, a christian
jovian’s rule
negotiated with shapur then repealed julian’s anti chriatn stuff then died
valentinian1 dates of rule
364-375
valens dates of rule
valens
procopius and faustina
rebel in gaul against valentinian then loose in 365,366
vs in the west
valentinian
vs in the east
valens
death of valentinian 1
stroke in 375 negotiating with the quadi replaced by gratian
wife of valentinan 1
constantia
valens war pre adrianople
successful restoration of arminia then turns back
aug 9 378
adrainople
gothic revolt in 377
goths mis treated by romans then join huns and revolt
battle of adrainople 378
valens figts goths kinda acedentally then everone dies
defensor civitatis
established under valentinain- proteted the people
Theodosius(the one in 376)
put down a revolt in firmus in africa revealed corruption then was executed
gratian
succeded valentinian had the 4yo valentinian 2 as coemporer the accepted theodosius TG as cocoemporer in 379
valentinian 2’s regents
marobaudes and justinia
TTG first move
Makes a settlement with the visigoths
gratian and the edict of toleration
repealed at the influence of ambrose
gratian’s religion
aggressively ant pagan bff with ambrose
magnus maximius
brittish general revolted against gratian, kills him in 383 then theodosius initially accepts him as co emporer then turns on him and kills him in 387 placing valentinian 2 under arbrogast in charge of the west
arbrogast’s revolt
valentinian gets hanged then eugenius teams up with arbrogast and then everyone gets beat up by theodosius at frigidus river
death of theodosius
395b in milan empire split between 10yo honorius and 16yo arcadius (weast and east resp.)
theo religion
banned paganism under influence of ambrose
