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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- Licinius· 265 CE–325 CE
- Constantine the Great· 272 CE–337 CE
- Pappus Alexandrinus· 290 CE–350 CE
- Heliodorus of Emesa· 300 CE–375 CE
- Ausonius· 310 CE–395 CE
- Libanius· 314 CE–393 CE
- Quintus Smyrnaeus· 315 CE–375 CE
- Constantine II· 316 CE–340 CE
- Themistius· 317 CE–388 CE
- Eutropius· 320 CE–390 CE
- Valentinian I· 321 CE–375 CE
- Calcidius· 321 CE–321 CE
- Constans· 323 CE–350 CE
- Valens· 328 CE–378 CE
- Ammianus Marcellinus· 330 CE–400 CE
- Emperor Julian· 331 CE–363 CE
- Jovian· 331 CE–364 CE
- Theon of Alexandria· 335 CE–
- Theodosius I· 347 CE–395 CE
- Eunapius· 347 CE–414 CE
- Plutarch of Athens· 350 CE–432 CE
- Hypatia of Alexandria· 355 CE–415 CE
- Gratian· 359 CE–383 CE
- Constantius III· 360 CE–421 CE
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