Magnus Magnentius (c. 303 – 10 August 353) was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction...

how the setting for Magnentius' coup was not a military centre, Vetranio's proclamation as emperor in opposition to Magnentius, and Julian's report that...

Constans was overthrown and assassinated by the usurper Magnentius. Unwilling to accept Magnentius as co-ruler, Constantius waged a civil war against the...

civilian officials and Magnentius had himself proclaimed Augustus of the west, resulting in the murder of Constans. Magnentius quickly marched his army...

Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist...

with Magnentius. The older understanding of this development is that Vetranio feared an attack from Magnentius, but as described above, Magnentius intentionally...

Trent (d. 405) August 11 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) August 18 – Magnus Decentius, brother and Caesar of Magnentius Flavius Martinus, vicarius...

was a Roman empress. She was initially the wife of the rebel emperor Magnentius and was then married to Valentinian I, with whom she had four children...

history. Magnentius lost and fled to northern Italy, while Constantius slowly regained control of Africa, Spain, and southern Italy. Magnentius decided...

emperor Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius. Constantius' forces were victorious. Support for Magnentius had been eroding since his defeat at the...

urbi Titianus (or Anicius, or Anicetus), a supporter of Magnentius, fled the city. Magnentius quickly dealt with this revolt by sending his trusted magister...

the fighting Marcellinus, a general of Magnentius is killed; Magnentius himself survives. Winter – Magnentius flees to Aquileia in northern Italy and...

Emperor Constans I makes himself extremely unpopular; one of his generals, Magnentius, is proclaimed emperor at Augustodunum in the Diocese of Galliae, with...

Chi-Rho began to be used on Christian sarcophagi and frescoes. The usurper Magnentius appears to have been the first to use the Chi-Rho monogram flanked by...

and usurper Magnentius. Marcellinus was comes rerum privatarum of Emperor Constans. He played a major role in the election of Magnentius to the rank of...

Empire from 350 to 353, under his brother Magnentius. Nothing is known of Decentius prior to 350. Magnentius usurped power from Constans on 18 January...

Cibalae. In 350, Constans I was assassinated by agents of the usurper Magnentius, a commander who proclaimed himself emperor in Gaul. Constantius II, older...

the Constantinian dynasty, and proposing that Magnentius leave Italy and keep only Gaul. When Magnentius tried to take the town of Siscia, Philippus was...

him to abdicate in favor of Magnentius. Constantius rejected the proposal, but Titianus was freely released back to Magnentius. Titianus was known to have...

the opposition of Vetranio to Magnentius, and whose hand had been sought from Constantius by ambassadors of Magnentius himself. The marriage, besides...

Nepotianus, and was probably killed alongside him by the rival usurper Magnentius in 350. She was married to Virius Nepotianus, who had been consul in 336...

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Tralles and from there to the imperial household in Macellum. In 350, Magnentius rebelled and killed the emperor Constans, claiming the purple. Constantius...

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depleted military force in the province; many soldiers had marched with Magnentius in his unsuccessful bid to become emperor. Few returned, and supply, pay...

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