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CONSTANTINE

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Constantine | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Constantine

Constantine is probably in his twenties in AD 306 when his father, Constantius, dies at York. For most of the past ten years the young man has been at the court of Diocletian. But he has joined his father's camp in the p...

Constantine and his city | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Constantine and his city

The emperor wastes no time in building monuments to proclaim Byzantium a Christian city. The focal point is a structure called the milion or milestone, from which all distances in the empire are now to be measured...

Three sons of Constantine | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Three sons of Constantine

On the death of Constantine, in AD 337, the empire is divided between his sons Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans. Since the time of his father, Constantius, the family has had a streak of constancy in its choic...

Three sons of Constantine | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Three sons of Constantine

On the death of Constantine, in AD 337, the empire is divided between his sons Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans. Since the time of his father, Constantius, the family has had a streak of constancy in its choic...

Hadrian | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Hadrian

Once again the imperial crown is passed on without civil war, though Hadrian's excution of four of Trajan's senior colleagues on a charge of conspiracy implies a degree of opposition. Strategically, Hadrian decides that...

Trajan | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Trajan

When Trajan is selected by Nerva as his heir, in October 97, he is in command of the province of upper Germany. Less than three months later, Nerva is dead. But this time there is no crisis. The Roman empire has acquired...

The reforms of Diocletian | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The reforms of Diocletian

Diocletian, commanding an army near the Bosphorus, is proclaimed emperor by his own troops when news comes in AD 284 that his predecessor has been murdered. He marches west, killing a rival claimant in battle in 285. The...

Trajan's eastern campaign | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Trajan's eastern campaign

Within two months Trajan is in Antioch, joining the Roman legions stationed in the Middle East. Early in 114 Armenia, until now a vassal kingdom of Rome, is annexed as a Roman province. The purpose of the campaign has be...

The weakness of Rome | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The weakness of Rome

The chaos at the centre of the empire is reflected in a decline of imperial control. This brings certain benefits to the provinces (in AD 212 Caracalla drastically reduces the special prestige of Italy by granting Roman...

The lapse into anarchy | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The lapse into anarchy

Over a span of eighty years four successive emperors - Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius - have been selected on merit. Commodus, in the more normal manner of royalty, is his father's son. When he succe...

Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius | HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius

There are two more rulers in a group later known as the 'five good emperors'. Hadrian has no children. He selects as his successor a respected senator, Antoninus Pius, insisting at the same time that Antoninus designate...

Constantinople and the west | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Constantinople and the west

By April 1097 the various crusading groups are ready to advance together from Constantinople. They are accompanied at this stage by a Byzantine army, for the first task is to clear a route through Anatolia - recently sei...

Constantinople to Antioch | THE CRUSADES

Constantinople to Antioch

By April 1097 the various crusading groups are ready to advance together from Constantinople. They are accompanied at this stage by a Byzantine army, for the first task is to clear a route through Anatolia - recently sei...

Fall of Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE TURKS

Fall of Constantinople

A month after his twenty-first birthday, in April 1453, Mehmed II applies to Constantinople the stranglehold which has been a tacit threat for nearly a century, ever since the Ottoman capture of Adrianople (Edirne in its...

Fall of Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Fall of Constantinople

A month after his twenty-first birthday, in April 1453, Mehmed II applies to Constantinople the stranglehold which has been a tacit threat for nearly a century, ever since the Ottoman capture of Adrianople (Edirne in its...

Fall of Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Fall of Constantinople

A month after his twenty-first birthday, in April 1453, Mehmed II applies to Constantinople the stranglehold which has been a tacit threat for nearly a century, ever since the Ottoman capture of Adrianople (Edirne in its...

Fall of Constantinople | HISTORY OF TURKEY

Fall of Constantinople

A month after his twenty-first birthday, in April 1453, Mehmed II applies to Constantinople the stranglehold which has been a tacit threat for nearly a century, ever since the Ottoman capture of Adrianople (Edirne in its...

Arabs and Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE ARABS

Arabs and Constantinople

Arabs and Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Arabs and Constantinople