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4th-century Roman consuls
- Constantine II (emperor)A young boy named Constantine arrived in the city of Arles during the year 316. He was the second son born to Emperor Constantine I and his wife Fausta.
- LiciniusValerius Licinianus Licinius emerged from a Dacian peasant family in Moesia Superior around the year 265. His early life remained obscure until he joined his…
- Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius entered the world on the 31st of March, though historians cannot name his birth year. His career and the age of his eldest son…
- Theodosius IThe year 347 marked the birth of a boy in Hispania who would one day command the Roman legions. His father, Theodosius the Elder, served as a high-ranking…
- Constantine the GreatOn the 27th of February 272, a boy named Constantine was born inside the city of Naissus. This settlement sat within Dardania, part of the province Moesia…
- StilichoIn 383, a young man named Stilicho stood before the court of King Shapur III in Ctesiphon. He carried no sword but an embassy mission from Emperor Theodosius…
- GaleriusGalerius Valerius Maximianus arrived in the world between 258 and 260 within the Danube provinces. Ancient texts place his birth either near Serdica or at a…
- ArcadiusA young boy named Arcadius stood in Hispania during the year 377. He was born as the eldest son of Emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.
- HonoriusHonorius entered the world on the 9th of September 384 within the marble halls of Constantinople. He was the younger son of Emperor Theodosius I and his…
- MaxentiusMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius entered the world in 283 as the son of Emperor Maximian and his Syrian wife Eutropia.
- AusoniusDecimus Magnus Ausonius entered the world in Burdigala, a city now known as Bordeaux, France. His father Julius Ausonius practiced medicine and traced his…
- ValensOn the 28th of March 364, soldiers gathered before the Constantinian Walls at a place called Hebdomon to acclaim Valens as co-emperor.
- Julian (emperor)On the 6th of November 355, a young man named Flavius Claudius Julianus stood before Emperor Constantius II in Mediolanum and received the title of Caesar of…