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On 18 January 350 Magnentius was acclaimed Augustus. Quickly killing the unpopular Constans, Magnentius gained control over most of the Western Empire. The Eastern emperor Constantius II, the brother of Constans, refused to acknowledge Magnentius' legitimacy and led a successful campaign against Magnentius in the Roman civil war of 350–353.
Fearing Magnentius' revolt, Constantius' sister Constantina persuaded Vetranio to assume the title of Caesar on 1 March 350. Because negotiations between Constantius and the new Caesar were deadlocked, the latter made an alliance with Magnentius; both men attempted to force the emperor to accept them as co-rulers, an action which failed.
Roman Imperial Magnentius (350-353), Maiorina 351-352, Rome mint Obverse: bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind bust DN MAGNENTIVS P F AVG Reverse: two Victories holding wreath inscribed VOT-V-MVLT-X on a supporting column, RQ in exergue VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE Diameter 21 mm, weight 4.98 g Rzadka maiorina Magnencjusza bita w ...
The Battle of Mons Seleucus was fought in 353 between the armies of the Roman emperor Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius.Constantius' forces were victorious. Support for Magnentius had been eroding since his defeat at the Battle of Mursa Major two years prior; after Mons Seleucus his cause collapsed and he killed himself.
[[5]]Basing his conclusions on chronology and papyrological evidence, Frakes has argued that Magnentius was not responsible for this assassination attempt on Gallus, an assertiion which flys in the face of comments of Zonaras (Robert M. Frakes, "Ammianus Marcellinus and Zonaras on a Late Roman Assassination Plot," Historia 46 (1997), 121ff.
Magnentius se jím nechal přesvědčit, aby přijal purpur, a 18. ledna 350 byl v Autunu proklamován za císaře. Constanta, jehož všichni opustili, brzy nato dopadl a zabil oddíl lehké jízdy v předhůří Pyrenejí. V západních provinciích dosáhl Magnentius rychlého uznání, v neposlední řadě díky své náboženské toleranci.
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius ( c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. [1] He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis ( "On the Natures of Things" ).
