See also:

• CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTINE II  . (317—340), son of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine the See also:

• GREAT

Great, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor (337—340), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Arelate (See also:

• ARLES
• ARLES, KINGDOM OF

Arles) in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 317 . On the 1st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was created See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar, and was See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in 320, 321, 324 and 329 . The fifth anniversary of his Caesarship was celebrated by the panegyrist See also:

• NAZARIUS (4th century A.D.)

Nazarius (q.v.) . He gained the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of the victories of his generals over the See also:

• ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556)
• ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI

Alamanni (331, for which he received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Alamannicus), and over the Goths (332) . From 335 he administered the Gallic portion of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire as Caesar till his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death (22nd of May 337) . On the 9th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September in the same year he assumed the title of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, together with his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers See also:

• CONSTANS, JEAN ANTOINE ERNEST (1833– )

Constans and See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius, and in 338 a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting was held at Viminiacum, on the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• PANNONIA

Pannonia, to arrange the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of the empire . In accordance with the arrangements made by his father, Constantine received See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and the Gauls; See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus, See also:

• ASIA

Asia, the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to Constantius; See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, Pannonia and the Italies to the youngest See also:

• BROTHER

brother Constans, whose dominions were further increased by the addition of See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia, See also:

• DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia and See also:

• THRACE

Thrace, originally intended for Delmatius, a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of Constantine I. and one of the victims of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of that emperor's kinsmen . By virtue of his seniority, Constantine claimed a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over his brothers . Constans, an ambitious youth encouraged by intriguing advisers, declined to submit; and Constantine, jealous of his prerogatives and dissatisfied with his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the empire, demanded from Constans the cession of Africa and equal authority in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . After protracted but unavailing negotiations, Constantine in 340 invaded Italy . He had advanced as far as See also:

• AQUILEIA

Aquileia, when he fell into an ambuscade and lost his See also:

• LIFE

life .

His See also:

• BODY

body was thrown into the little See also:

• RIVER

river Alsa, but subsequently recovered and buried with royal honours . See See also:

• ZOSIMUS

Zosimus ii. xii . ; Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor, Epit . 41; See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius, Vita Constantin, iv.; O . Seeck in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopadie, iv. pt. i (1900); See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch . 18 .