Emperor Valentinian II

Flavius Valentinianus - "Valentinian II" Statue

Emperor Valentinian II

Life: AD 375 – 392 Name: Flavius Valentinianus Born in AD 371 at Treviri. Became emperor in AD 375. Died in Vianna in Gaul, 15 May AD 392. Valentinian II …

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Flavius Gratianus - "Gratian" Bust

Emperor Gratian

Life: AD 359 – 383 Name: Flavius Gratianus Born in AD 359 at Sirmium. Became emperor 17 November in AD 367. Wives: (1) Constantia; (2) Laeta. Died in Lugdunum (Lyons), …

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Flavius Julius Valens Bust

Emperor Valens

Life: AD c. 328 – 378 Name: Flavius Julius Valens Born in AD ca. 328 at Cibalae, Pannonia. Became emperor early in AD 364. Wife; Albia Domnica (three children). Died …

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Flavius Valentinianus - "Valentinian" coin

Emperor Valentinian

Life: AD 321 – 375 Name: Flavius Valentinianus Born in AD 321 at Cibalae, Pannonia. Became emperor early in AD 364. Wives: (1) Marina Severa (one son; Flavius Gratianus); (2) …

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Flavius Jovianus - "Jovian" coin

Emperor Jovian

Life: AD 330 – 364 Name: Flavius Jovianus Born in AD 330 at Singidunum. Became emperor in June AD 363. Died in Dadastana, winter AD 363/4. Born in AD 330 …

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Flavius Magnus Magnentius - "Julian the Apostate" Statue

Emperor Julian the Apostate

Life: AD 332 – 363 Name: Flavius Magnus Magnentius Born in AD 332 at Constantinople. Became emperor in February AD 360. Died in Mesopotamia, 26 June AD 363. Julian was …

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Flavius Magnus Magnentius coin

Emperor Magnentius

Life: AD c. 303 – 353 Name: Flavius Magnus Magnentius Born in February AD ca. 303. Became emperor on 18 January AD 350. Died at Lugdunum (Lyons), AD 353. Magnentius …

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Flavius Julius Constans Bust

Emperor Constans

Life: AD c. 320 – 350 Name: Flavius Julius Constans Born in AD 320. Became emperor in AD 337. Died on in Gaul, on the way to Spanish border, January …

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus - "Constantine II" Bust

Emperor Constantius II

Life: AD 317 – 361 Name: Flavius Julius Constantius Born in August AD 317. Became emperor in AD 337. Died at Mopsucrene in Cilicia, AD 361. Constantius II was born …

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Flavius Claudius Constantinus - "Constantine II" coin

Emperor Constantine II

Life: AD c. 317 – 340 Name: Flavius Claudius Constantinus Born in February AD ca. 317. Consul AD 320, 321, 324. Became emperor in AD 337. Died near Aquileia, AD …

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Constantinople

Period: AD 326 – 1453 Byzantium had first been reconstructed in the time of Septimius Severus not just as a Roman city, but modelled on Rome itself, on and around …

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The Collapse of the Roman Empire

Period: AD 337 – 476 Flavius Claudius Constantinus – “Constantine II” Reign: AD 337 – 340 Flavius Julius Constantius – “Constantius II” Reign: AD 337 – 361 Flavius Julius Constans …

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Flavius Valerius Constantinus - "Constantine the Great" Bust

Emperor Constantine the Great

Life: AD c. 285 – 337 Constantine the Great was born in Naissus, Upper Moesia, on 27 February in roughly AD 285. Another account places the year at about AD …

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Valerius Licinius Licinianus - "Licinius" Bust

Emperor Licinius

Life: AD c. 250 – 324 Licinius’s Early Life Licinius was born in Upper Moesia in about AD 250 as the son of a peasant. He rose through the ranks …

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