Constantius II
c. 317 CE–c. 361 CE · Sremska Mitrovica
Constantius II (317–361 CE), a son of Constantine the Great born at Sirmium, became sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 353 and used his power to promote an Arian (more precisely Semi-Arian/Homoean) form of Christianity, opposing the Nicene bishop Athanasius and pressing his creed through the church councils of Sirmium, Rimini (Ariminum), and Seleucia. He extended his predecessor's restrictive legislation against Jews, including bans on Jewish ownership of Christian slaves, on Jewish–Christian intermarriage, and on conversion to Judaism. During his reign the Jews of Roman Palaestina rose in the revolt of 351–352 against his Caesar and brother-in-law Constantius Gallus; the rising was suppressed by Gallus's general Ursicinus, with severe destruction reported at Sepphoris (Diocaesarea), Tiberias, and Lydda (Diospolis).
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