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
