Magnus Magnentius (c. 303 – 10 August 353) was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction...
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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...
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Constantius II (section War against Magnentius)
Constans was overthrown and assassinated by the usurper Magnentius. Unwilling to accept Magnentius as co-ruler, Constantius waged a civil war against the...
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Battle of Mursa Major (section Rebellion of Magnentius)
civilian officials and Magnentius had himself proclaimed Augustus of the west, resulting in the murder of Constans. Magnentius quickly marched his army...
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Rabanus Maurus (redirect from Rabanus Maurus Magnentius)
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist...
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with Magnentius. The older understanding of this development is that Vetranio feared an attack from Magnentius, but as described above, Magnentius intentionally...
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Trent (d. 405) August 11 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) August 18 – Magnus Decentius, brother and Caesar of Magnentius Flavius Martinus, vicarius...
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Justina (empress) (section Marriage to Magnentius)
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...
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history. Magnentius lost and fled to northern Italy, while Constantius slowly regained control of Africa, Spain, and southern Italy. Magnentius decided...
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emperor Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius. Constantius' forces were victorious. Support for Magnentius had been eroding since his defeat at the...
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urbi Titianus (or Anicius, or Anicetus), a supporter of Magnentius, fled the city. Magnentius quickly dealt with this revolt by sending his trusted magister...
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the fighting Marcellinus, a general of Magnentius is killed; Magnentius himself survives. Winter – Magnentius flees to Aquileia in northern Italy and...
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Emperor Constans I makes himself extremely unpopular; one of his generals, Magnentius, is proclaimed emperor at Augustodunum in the Diocese of Galliae, with...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cibalae. In 350, Constans I was assassinated by agents of the usurper Magnentius, a commander who proclaimed himself emperor in Gaul. Constantius II, older...
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the Constantinian dynasty, and proposing that Magnentius leave Italy and keep only Gaul. When Magnentius tried to take the town of Siscia, Philippus was...
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him to abdicate in favor of Magnentius. Constantius rejected the proposal, but Titianus was freely released back to Magnentius. Titianus was known to have...
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the opposition of Vetranio to Magnentius, and whose hand had been sought from Constantius by ambassadors of Magnentius himself. The marriage, besides...
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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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