ch31 Flashcards

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son of Constantiu Chlorus

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CTG

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Maximian’s ceaser important

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CTG

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Helena

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CTG’s mom distorted by historians

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CTG’s bday

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272,273 near naissus or nis or nish in moesia(dardainia/serbia)

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Chlorus’ re mairage

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289 to theodoro daughter of maximian

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diocletion’s ward

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constantine

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306-312

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rise of constantine

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constantine’s first command

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successful in galerius’ persian wars

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senior augustus in 305

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chlorus in name only

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army advisor in galerius’ court

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CTG

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the death of constantius chlorus

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constantine disobeys galerius and joins his dad to defeat the picts in 306 they meet up in gesoracum(not york like is commonly said) then constantius dies at eboracum

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immidiate events after constantius’ death

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constantine is declared augustu sin the west by troops in july 25 306 he refuses then becomes severus’ ceaser and shares a consulship with galerius in 307

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maximian’s rebellion start

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declares himself augustus in rome after he gets nothing from the death of chlorus

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severus vs maxentius/maximian

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fails and surreers to maximian in rome in 307 then is killed by maxentius in the fall of 307

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constantine after the death of severus

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sides with maximian and maxentius agenst galerius in extange for becoming augustus

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constantine’s first wife

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minervina- mother of crispus divorced after he sides with maximian

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constantine’s second wife

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fausta- daughter of maximian they were previosly betrothed 14 years earlier

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betrail in 308

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maximian betrays maxentius and flees to constantine while galerius consolidates

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carnuntum

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conference in april 308 - maximian resigns, maxentius is denounced as a traitor, licinius made augustus in the west, constantine and daia do not attend and refuse to be demoted

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20
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galerius yeilding

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in 309-310 made constantine and daia as augusti

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maximian’s 2nd revolt

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against constantine ended in his suicide in 310

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constantine’s new claim in 310

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deifies himself as sol invictus(patron of claudius gothicus and aurelian) and decendent of claudius gothicus

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the edict of religios tolerence

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passed in 311 days before galerius dies of cancer after whicg daia overruns galerius’ provences

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stae of affairs at teh end of 311

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constantin e and licinus are allied agains daia and maxentius east vs west

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constantine vs maximian
constantine invades italy in 312 defating an expeditionary force at turin and then met constantine at a pitched battle at milvian bridage
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milvian bridge
maximian built pontoon bridge and set up at saxa rubra constantine possibly saw in hoc signo vices and painted chi rho on his sheilds leading to him winning the battle
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contemparary signs
Constantine’s arch of triumph includes a representation of the Unconquered Sun and inscriptionally claims that he achieved victory by the intervention of an unnamed divine power (instinctu divinitatis) and by his own greatness of mind (mentis magnitudine).
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state of affairs in early 313
constantine licinius and daia are all ruling edict of milan passes at the wedding of constantia and licinius and christianity is made fully leagle
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the end of daia
captured bysantium in 313 then defeated by licinius at adrianople and bosphorus and chased untill death
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the reasons for the first war between constantine and licinius
constantine marries his sister anastasia to bassinus the heir apparent to the ceasership in italy then licinus asks bassinus to assasinate constantine constantine finds out and kills bassinus in 316
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end/ outcombs of the first war between licinus and constantine
inconlusive they agree to leave each other alnone wo]ith thrace staying with licinus and everyting else to the west going with constantine
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edict 318
bishobic courts recognised
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321
constantine gives more to the christians
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donatist scism
african christians scism against the bishob of carthage caecilianus in favor of donatus who was more seirious about those who previously denounced thier faith CTG sides with the pope
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the arian controversy
bishob alexander fights with arius about the substance of christ licinius resumed persecutions in 320
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constantine becoming sole emporer
constantine interveins against goths in thrace in 323 afetr being mad about christian persecution under licinius then beat licinius in an uneventful battle constantine first baneshed him to thessolonica then killed him 6 months later
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the new imperial slogan under constantine
one rule one world one creed
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constantia
licinius' widower, active member of the court who corosponded with Eusebius of caearea
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eutropia
only sister of constantine to survive purges wife od virius nepotianus her son became empoerer for a month in 350
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325
council of nicea
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counclil of nicea
began may 20 235 with 300 bishops- It formulated the Nicene Creed, which, except for some minor modifications adopted at the Council of Constantinople in 381, has remained the creed of most Christian churches to this day. It declared Christ homoou- sios (of the same substance with the Father), pro- claimed the Trinity indivisible, excommunicated Arius, and ordered the burning of his books. Easter was fixed to fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Twenty canons (rules) also were formulated for the regulation of Church discipline and govern- ment throughout Christendom.
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negatives of nicea
didnt solve the arian problem leading to constantius 2 and valens being arians and teh church having disunity
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constantine's later religios policies
aggresively nicean orthodox declared himself: Isapostolos
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constantine's economy
made the solidus and miliarense new coins(gold and silver) first tax on buisness chrysargyron
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constantine's military
created palace schools put prefets under mps and me he also made clear the authoriyy f governers over dukes made soldiers more civilian
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prefects
ruled over one of four praefecture almost totally- gaul italy the east and illyricum
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the ne capital
constantinople- op in every way-- dedicated on may 11 330-- had (potentially) 60,000 pounds of stolen pagan gld
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Drama in constantine's court
crispus son of constatine brn in 327 killed on trumped up cahrges of rape by fausta his step mother helena reveals thet fausta committed adultary with a slave then she "dies in a hot bath"
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337
constantine died after being baptiesed by eusebius his tomb would join the apostles at Church of the Holy Apostles.