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Constantine II (emperor)
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Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340.
Quick Facts Roman emperor in the West, Augustus ...
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![]() Statue of Caesar Constantine II on top of the Cordonata (the monumental staircase climbing up to Piazza del Campidoglio), in Rome | |||||||||
Roman emperor in the West | |||||||||
Augustus | 9 September 337 – April 340 (Gaul, Hispania, and Britain) | ||||||||
Predecessor | Constantine I | ||||||||
Successor | Constans | ||||||||
Co-emperors | Constantius II (East) Constans (Italy, Illyricum and Africa) | ||||||||
Caesar | 1 March 317 – 9 September 337 | ||||||||
Born | 316[lower-alpha 1] Arelate, Viennensis | ||||||||
Died | April 340 (aged 23 or 24) Aquileia, Italy | ||||||||
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Dynasty | Constantinian | ||||||||
Father | Constantine I | ||||||||
Mother | Fausta | ||||||||
Religion | Christianity |
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The son of the emperor Constantine I, he was proclaimed Caesar by his father shortly after his birth. He held the consulship four times - in 320, 321, 324, and 329. For his association with military victories during his career, he was granted a number of victory titles.[4]
After Constantine I's death, Constantine II ascended to the throne and ruled as emperor alongside his two brothers. However, his attempts to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture caused conflict, which ended with his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.