Emperor Julian the Apostate
Life: AD 332 – 363 Early Life Julian was born in AD 332 at Constantinople, the son of Julius Constantius, who was a half-brother of Constantine the Great. His mother was Basilina, …
Emperor Magnentius
Life: AD c. 303 – 353 Name: Flavius Magnus Magnentius Born in February AD ca. 303. Became emperor on 18 January AD 350. Died at Lugdunum (Lyons), AD 353. Magnentius …
Emperor Constans
Life: AD c. 320 – 350 Name: Flavius Julius Constans Born in AD 320. Became emperor in AD 337. Died on in Gaul, on the way to Spanish border, January …
Emperor Constantius II
Life: AD 317 – 361 Early Life Constantius II was born in Illyricum in August AD 317, the son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, and was proclaimed Caesar in …
Emperor Constantine II
Life: AD c. 317 – 340 Name: Flavius Claudius Constantinus Born in February AD ca. 317. Consul AD 320, 321, 324. Became emperor in AD 337. Died near Aquileia, AD …
Emperor Constantine the Great
Life: AD c. 285 – 337 Constantine the Great was born in Naissus, Upper Moesia, on 27 February in roughly AD 285. Another account places the year at about AD …
Emperor Licinius
Life: AD c. 250 – 324 Licinius’s Early Life Licinius was born in Upper Moesia in about AD 250 as the son of a peasant. He rose through the ranks …
Emperor Maximinus Daza
Life: AD 270 – 313 Early Life Maximinus Daza (Also called “Maximinus II Daia”) was born on 20 November AD 270 in the Danubian region as the son of a …
Emperor Maxentius
Life: AD c. 279 – 312 Early Life Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius was born around AD 279 as the son of Maximian and his Syrian wife, Eutropia. He was made …
Emperor Severus II
Life: AD ? – 307 Name: Flavius Valerius Severus Born in the Danubian region, date unknown. Became emperor in August AD 306. Wife: (1) unknown (one son; Severus). Died at …
Emperor Galerius
Life: AD c. 250 – 311 Early Life Galerius was born in about AD 250 in a little Danubian village near Florentiana in Upper Moesia. His father was a simple …
Emperor Constantius Chlorus
Life: AD c. 250 – 306 Name: Flavius Julius Constantius Born 31 March AD ca. 250 in Illyricum. Became emperor in 1 May AD 305. Wife: (1) Helena (one son; …
Emperor Carausius
Life: AD ? – 293 Name: Mausaeus Carausius Born in Menapia, date unknown. Became emperor in AD 286/7. Died AD 293. Mausaeus Carausius was born to a humble family in …
Emperor Maximian
Life: AD c. 250 – 310 Name: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Born 21 July AD ca 250. Consul AD 287, 288, 290, 293, 297, 299, 303, 304, 307. Became emperor …