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Name: Constantine: West

Type: Polity

Start: 307 AD

End: 324 AD

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One of the many territorial divisions of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy period.

Establishment


  • January 307: Constantine obtained important successes against the Picti and Scoti populations, north of Hadrian's Wall.
  • January 307: In 306, Constantius, the Western Roman Emperor, died. According to the rules of Tetrachic system, he had to be succeeded by his Caesar, Severus II. However, following his death, the troops proclaimed Constantine, his son, as Augustus.
  • February 307: After a military campaign by Constantine, the Romans leave Scotland north of Hadrian's Wall.
  • Chronology


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    1.1.Barbarian invasions of the Third Century

    Were a series of Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century.

    1.1.1.Campaign against the Picts and the Scots of Chlorus

    Was the campaign of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus against the Picts in northern Britain.


    2. Civil wars of the Tetrarchy


    Were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire (the system of Thetrarchy introduced by Diocletian divided the Roman Empire between two emperors, the augusti, and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the caesares). The war ended with Constantine I as undisputed Emperor.

  • January 314: Constantine defeats Maxentius.
  • January 317: Constantine seizes the Balkans.
  • January 325: In 324, Constantine, the Roman Emperor of the West, defeated Licinius, the Roman Emperor of the East, in the battle of Chrysopolis. This victory allowed Constantine to become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 325: In 324, Constantine, the Roman Emperor of the West, defeated Licinius, the Roman Emperor of the East, in the battle of Chrysopolis. This victory allowed Constantine to become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.
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