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Maurikios; 539 – 27 November 602) was Byzantine emperor from 582 to 602 and the last member of the Justinian dynasty. A successful general, Maurice was chosen as heir and son-in-law by his predecessor Tiberius II . Maurice's reign was troubled by almost constant warfare. After he became emperor, he brought the war with Sasanian Persia to a ...
Constantine II (Flavius Claudius Constantinus), second son of *Constantine I, was born at Arles (*Arelate) in 316 ce and proclaimed Caesar 1 March 317. After his father's death he became senior Augustus (9 September 337) and continued ruling Gaul, Britain, and Spain. He quarrelled with his youngest brother *Constans, invaded Italy and was ...
See list of funeral dignitaries. On 10 January 2023, Constantine II of Greece, Head of the Royal House of Greece, who reigned as the last King of the Hellenes from 6 March 1964 to 1 June 1973, died in Athens at the age of 82, having already been placed under intensive care after suffering a stroke in hospital.
Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325 that produced the statement of Christian belief known as the Nicene Creed . The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built on his orders at the purported site of Jesus ' tomb in Jerusalem and became the holiest place in Christendom .
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Nov 16, 2020 · Constantius II was born in Illyricum in August AD 317, the son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, and was proclaimed Caesar in AD 323. In AD 337, at the death of his father Constantine, he acceded to the throne together with his two brothers Constantine II and Constans. But this accession by the three brothers was tainted by the murder of ...
Flavius Claudius Constantinus. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Constantine II (February 317 - 340) was Roman Emperor (337 - 340). Son of Constantine I, he was born at Arles.