Flavius Julius Constantius (d. September, 337) was a son of Western Roman Emperor
Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius , also Constantius I, was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He was commonly called Chlorus an epithet given to him by Byzantine historians...
and his second wife
Flavia Maximiana TheodoraFlavia Maximiana Theodora was the stepdaughter of Maximian. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292, and praetorian prefect under Diocletian...
. He was a younger half-brother of
Roman EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator , augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it...
Constantine the Great.
His father died on July 25,
306-Roman Empire:* July 25—Constantine I is proclaimed Emperor by his troops.* October 28—Maxentius, son of the former Emperor Maximian, is proclaimed Emperor.* Flavius Valerius Severus is proclaimed Augustus.* Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa is built in Lisbon....
when Julius Constantius was either a
childA child is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
or an adolescent. He is considered to have spent much of the 300s, 310s and 320s under virtual
house arrestIn justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all...
in
TolosaToulouse is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With 1,102,882 inhabitants as of Jan...
,
Gallia NarbonensisGallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. It was also known as Gallia Transalpina , which was originally a designation for that part of Gaul lying across the Alps from Italia...
,
GaulGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
,
Western Roman EmpireThe Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
under orders of his brother.
He first married Galla, sister of both Vulcacius Rufus and Neratius Cerealis.
Flavius Julius Constantius (d. September, 337) was a son of Western Roman Emperor
Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius , also Constantius I, was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He was commonly called Chlorus an epithet given to him by Byzantine historians...
and his second wife
Flavia Maximiana TheodoraFlavia Maximiana Theodora was the stepdaughter of Maximian. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292, and praetorian prefect under Diocletian...
. He was a younger half-brother of
Roman EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator , augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it...
Constantine the Great.
His father died on July 25,
306-Roman Empire:* July 25—Constantine I is proclaimed Emperor by his troops.* October 28—Maxentius, son of the former Emperor Maximian, is proclaimed Emperor.* Flavius Valerius Severus is proclaimed Augustus.* Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa is built in Lisbon....
when Julius Constantius was either a
childA child is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
or an adolescent. He is considered to have spent much of the 300s, 310s and 320s under virtual
house arrestIn justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all...
in
TolosaToulouse is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With 1,102,882 inhabitants as of Jan...
,
Gallia NarbonensisGallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. It was also known as Gallia Transalpina , which was originally a designation for that part of Gaul lying across the Alps from Italia...
,
GaulGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
,
Western Roman EmpireThe Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
under orders of his brother.
He first married Galla, sister of both Vulcacius Rufus and Neratius Cerealis. They had three known children.:
- Constantius Gallus
Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus , better known as Constantius Gallus, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty and Caesar of the Roman Empire...
(325/326 - 354).
- A son. Murdered in 337.
- Daughter of Julius Constantius
-Family :She is mentioned in the "Letter To The Senate And People of Athens" by Julian the Apostate to have been a sister of Constantius Gallus. When mentioning the execution of Gallus by orders of Constantius II, Julian lists the several ways the two men were related...
. First Empress consort of his nephew Constantius IIFlavius Iulius Constantius, known in English as Constantius II was a Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty.-Early life:...
.
He married for a second time to Basilina, daughter of Julius Julianus, prefect of Egypt. They only had one known son:
- Flavius Claudius Iulianus
Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian, Julian the Apostate or Julian the Philosopher , was Roman Emperor , last of the Constantinian dynasty...
("Julian the Apostate," born 331/332, reigned 361 - 363).
Basilina was a Christian;
PalladiusPalladius was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick. The Roman Catholic Church considers Palladius a saint....
notes that she left land to the Church, and Athanasius listed her among those who supported
ArianismArianism is the theological teaching of Arius , a Christian priest, who was first ruled a heretic at the First Council of Nicea of 325, later exonerated in 335 at the First Synod of Tyre, and then pronounced a heretic again after his death at the First Council of Constantinople of 381...
.
His half-brother favored Julius Constantius by naming him patrician and by appointing him consul in 335. When Constantine died on May 22,
337-Roman Empire:* September 9—Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I and rule as co-emperors of the Roman Empire. The Tetrarchy ends....
, Julius Constantius was in position to claim the throne for himself. He was murdered within months of Constantine's death along with most males of their family.
Only five males survived the series of assassinations. His nephews and new Roman Emperors
Constantine IIFlavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine II, was Roman Emperor from 337 to 340. The eldest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, he was born at Arles, and was raised as a Christian....
,
Constantius IIFlavius Iulius Constantius, known in English as Constantius II was a Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty.-Early life:...
and
ConstansFlavius Julius Constans was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 337 until his death. Constans was the third and youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, Constantine's second wife.On 25 December 333 Constantine elevated Constans to Caesar....
along with his two own young sons. Constantius II is suspected to have ordered the assassination of his uncle.