Wars of Constantine's sons
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Were a series of conflicts between the sons of Roman emperor Constantine I, that had partitioned the Empire after the death of their father.
Chronology
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January 341: Constantine II desired to retain control of Constans' realm, leading the brothers into open conflict. Constantine was killed in 340 near Aquileia during an ambush.] As a result, Constans took control of his deceased brother's realms and became sole ruler of the Western two-thirds of the empire.
Constantine the Great's three sons declared themselves augusti and divided their father's empire into three parts, with Constantine II (emperor) receiving Britain, Iberia, Gaul and Illyria, Constantius II Asia, Syria Palaestina and Egypt, and Constans Italy and Africa.
May 337: After Constantine the Great's death, his three sons declared themselves augusti and divided their father's empire into three parts, with Constantine II (emperor) receiving Britain, Iberia, Gaul and Illyria, Constantius II Asia, Syria Palaestina and Egypt, and Constans Italy and Africa. Constantine's nephew Dalmatius received Thracia, Achaea and Macedonia.
August 337: After the assassination of Dalmatius, the part of the empire that he had formerly administered, with the capital Constantinople, fell to Constans in the Viminacium Conference in 338.
Was a war fought between the Roman emperor Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius.
September 351: Battle of Mursa.
July 353: Magnentius was a Roman usurper who declared himself emperor in 350. Constantius II was the legitimate Roman emperor at the time. In 353, Constantius defeated Magnentius at Mons Seleucus in Gaul, solidifying his control over the Roman Empire.
January 351: Emperor Constans was particularly disliked by the legions, and in 350 AD, he was overthrown by a military conspiracy and killed while fleeing to safety. The army elevated a barbarian officer called Magnentius as the new western emperor.
