Constans
Constans: emperor of the Roman world (r. 337-350).
Names:
- 320 or 323: Flavius Constans
- 25 December 333: Flavius Constans Caesar
- 9 September 337: Flavius Claudius Constans Augustus
- April 340: Flavius Claudius Constans Maximus Victor ac Triumphator Augustus
- 18 January 350: murdered by courtiers
Successor of: Constantine I the Great
Relatives:
- father: Constantine I the Great
- mother: Fausta
Main deeds
- 335 Sent to Italy by Constantine I the Great
- 336? Engagement to Olympias, daughter of Ablabius, praetorian prefect
- 337 Succeeds his father as ruler in Italy; his brothers Constantinus II and Constantius II receive the west and the east
- 338 Meets the other rulers in Viminacium; victorious against the Sarmatians; accepts the titles Sarmaticus Maximus
- Consul (with Constantius II)
- 340 War with his brother Constantinus II, who is defeated near Aquileia; accepts the title Maximus Victor ac Triumphator
- 341 War against the Franks in Gaul
- 342 Consul II (with Constantius II consul II) Frankish victory
- 343 Visits Britain
- 346 Consul III (with Constantius II consul III)
- 350 Insurrection of Magnentius; Constans killed
New legions: I Iulia Alpina; II Iulia Alpina; III Iulia Alpina.
Buildings:
- Bridge at Cuijk
- Repairs to the Baths of Agrippa
Contemporary events:
Succeeded by: Magnentius
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