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Flavius CONSTANTIUS III Emperor of Rome ER01

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Kent, J.P.C., Roman Imperial Coinage volume 10 (London, 1994). Matthews, J.F., Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425 (Oxford, 1975), 377-378. Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 2, ed. J.R. Martindale (Cambridge, 1980), 321-325. Seeck, O. "Constantius (9)." RE 4:1099ff. For references to primary sources, see entries in RE or the PLRE. Translations of much of the source material can be found in C.D. Gordon ( The Age of Attila: Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians [Ann Arbor, 1960]) and R.C. Blockley (Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire [Liverpool, 1983], vol. 2.).

Kent, J.P.C., Roman Imperial Coinage volume 10 (London, 1994).

Matthews, J.F., Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425 (Oxford, 1975), 377-378.
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 2, ed. J.R. Martindale (Cambridge, 1980), 321-325.
Seeck, O. "Constantius (9)." RE 4:1099ff.
For references to primary sources, see entries in RE or the PLRE. Translations of much of the source material can be found in C.D. Gordon ( The Age of Attila: Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians [Ann Arbor, 1960]) and R.C. Blockley (Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire [Liverpool, 1983], vol. 2.).

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Constantius III (421 A.D.) Coin with image of Constantius III(c)1999, Princeton Economic Institute. Constantius was a soldier from Naissus in Dacia. Although he presented a fierce facade in public, he was far more relaxed in private and at banquets. Constantius was a Catholic. He had a successful career as one of the most important magistri militum of Honorius after the death of Stilicho in 408. He was able to defeat Gerontius and Constantine III in Gaul in 411 and expelled the Goths under Ataulf from Italy in 412. Constantius married Honorius' half-sister Galla Placidia in 417 at the urging of Honorius; and they produced a son, Valentinian (III) in 419. On February 8, 421 Constantius was acclaimed as Augustus in the West and Galla Placidia was raised to the dignity of Augusta. These statuses were not recognized in the East. Constantius was said at his death to have been planning a campaign against Theodosius II because of this slight. He died of illness September 2, 421. Although he was not emperor for long, he complained about the burden of office-holding, especially his loss of personal freedom. Bibliography

Constantius III (421 A.D.)
Coin with image of Constantius III(c)1999, Princeton Economic Institute.

Constantius was a soldier from Naissus in Dacia. Although he presented a fierce facade in public, he was far more relaxed in private and at banquets. Constantius was a Catholic. He had a successful career as one of the most important magistri militum of Honorius after the death of Stilicho in 408. He was able to defeat Gerontius and Constantine III in Gaul in 411 and expelled the Goths under Ataulf from Italy in 412. Constantius married Honorius' half-sister Galla Placidia in 417 at the urging of Honorius; and they produced a son, Valentinian (III) in 419. On February 8, 421 Constantius was acclaimed as Augustus in the West and Galla Placidia was raised to the dignity of Augusta. These statuses were not recognized in the East. Constantius was said at his death to have been planning a campaign against Theodosius II because of this slight. He died of illness September 2, 421. Although he was not emperor for long, he complained about the burden of office-holding, especially his loss of personal freedom.

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