Constans
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Was the territory controlled by Constans, one of the sons of Roman emperor Constantine I, during the struggle for power after the death of Constantine I.
Establishment
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.
Chronology
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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.
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.
1.1.Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
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.
1.2.Roman civil war of 350-353
Was a war fought between the Roman emperor Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius.
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.
The Gepids invaded Dacia and created their own kingdom in the area.
January 351: The Gepids settle in the Carpathian Basin. No archaeological evidence substantiates the Gepids' presence before around 350.
January 351: The Lazyges retake back the territories in the Carpathian Basin that were previously lost to the Roman Empire. The Iazyges were a nomadic tribe of Sarmatian origin.
Disestablishment
January 351: The Gepids settle in the Carpathian Basin. No archaeological evidence substantiates the Gepids' presence before around 350.
January 351: The Lazyges retake back the territories in the Carpathian Basin that were previously lost to the Roman Empire. The Iazyges were a nomadic tribe of Sarmatian origin.
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.
