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- Constans II (aka Konstans II) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668 CE.
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Dec 7, 2017 · Constans II (aka Konstans II) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668 CE. Sometimes known as Constans Pogonatos (“the Bearded”), he came to the throne by a series of unlikely events and his empire was immediately challenged almost everywhere by the rising Arab Caliphate .
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Constans II (aka Konstans II) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668 CE. Sometimes known as Constans Pogonatos (“the Bearded”), he came to the throne by a series of unlikely events and his empire was immediately challenged almost everywhere by the rising Arab Caliphate.
- Mark Cartwright
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Feb 5, 2024 · Constans II, nicknamed "the Bearded", was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668. He was the last attested emperor to serve as consul, in 642, although the office continued to exist until the reign of Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). Under Constans, the Byzantines completely withdrew from Egypt in 642.
On 18 January 350, the general Magnentius declared himself emperor at Augustodunum with the support of court officials such as Marcellinus, Constans’ comes rerum privatarum, as well as Fabius Titianus, who had served as the praetorian prefect of Gaul.
Constans II, nicknamed "the Bearded", was the Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. Constans was the last attested emperor to serve as consul, in 642, although the office continued to exist until the reign of Leo VI the Wise.
Jan 22, 2000 · Constans' body was eventually returned to Constantinople, perhaps by his son Constantine IV, for burial in the Church of the Holy Apostles. With the assassination of Constans II at the age of thirty-seven, Constantine IV became emperor. Bibliography. Corsi, P. La spedizione italiana di Costante II. Bologna, 1983.
Jul 9, 2023 · Flavius Julius Constans was a Roman Emperor, Caesar from 333 to 337, and August from 337 to 350. Constans was the youngest son of Emperor Constantine I the Great. In 333 he received the title of Caesar. After the death of his father, Constans received an inheritance: Italy, Illyricum, and Africa.
