Constans in a sentence

Gibbon, Ch. 18 Annoyed that Constans had received Thrace and Macedonia after the death of Dalmatius, Constantine demanded that Constans hand over the African provinces, which he agreed to do in order to maintain a fragile peace.

A prophecy at his birth had said Constans would die in the arms of his grandmother.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Constans (or, less frequently, year 1167 Ab urbe condita ).

Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexualit, 1980 It may also be that Constans was not expressing his own feeling when promulgating the legislation but was rather trying to placate public outrage at his own perceived indecencies.

Bury, pg 292 Constans II was a young man of seventeen, and he was supremely indifferent to the religious debates convulsing the Church.

Constantine II died in 340 when he attacked his brother Constans.

Constantinople letter affair One of the first acts of the new pope was to send papal legates to Constantinople with letters to Emperor Constans II informing him of his election and professing his faith.

Constantius was an avowed Arian, became sole ruler in 350, at the death of his brother, Constans.

Even assuming there is a time gap between the death of Constantine and the adulthood of Constans, his younger brothers have not aged at all in the narrative.

However the eldest son Constans is clearly older than 10-years-old by the time his father dies.

However, upon Constans's death in 350, another civil war broke out, which left pro-Arian Constantius as sole emperor.

In 342 CE, the Christian emperors Constantius and Constans declared same-sex marriage to be illegal.

Meanwhile, Constantine II desired to retain control of Constans' realm, leading the brothers into open conflict.

Pope Vitalian (657-72), who had hosted the visit of Constans II to Rome in 663, almost immediately declared himself in favor of the doctrine of the two wills of Christ.

The death of Heraclius in 641 had thrown the political situation in Constantinople into chaos, and his young grandson Constans II (641-68) succeeded him.

Zosimus, 2:41–42 Further complications arose when Constans came of age and Constantine, who had grown accustomed to dominating his younger brother, would not relinquish the guardianship.

Zosimus, 2:41-42 This led to growing tensions between the two brothers, which were only heightened by Constans finally coming of age and Constantine refusing to give up his guardianship.