Family and infancy. Valentinian was born in the western capital of Ravenna, the only son of Galla Placidia and Flavius Constantius. His mother was the younger half-sister of the western emperor Honorius (r. 393–423), while his father was at the time a patrician and the power behind the throne.. Through his mother, Valentinian was a descendant both of Theodosius I, who was his …

Constance III (latin : Flavius Constantius Augustus), (? - 2 septembre 421) est empereur romain d'Occident du 8 février 421 au 2 septembre 421.Il est élevé à la dignité impériale à la suite de ses succès en tant que général sous Honorius, atteignant le rang de magister militum en 411. La même année, il est envoyé réprimer la révolte de Constantin III, un général romain devenu ...

Isaac II Angelos (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, Isaakios Komnenos Angelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.. His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185) who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 – aft. 1195).

John I Tzimiskes was born to a father belonging to the Kourkouas family of Armenian origin, and a mother belonging to the Phokas family of Greek-Armenian origin. Scholars have speculated that "Tzimiskes" was derived either from the Armenian Chmushkik (Չմշկիկ), meaning "red boot", or from an Armenian word for "short stature", as explained by Leo the Deacon.

John II Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ἱωάννης ὁ Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōannēs ho Komnēnos; 13 September 1087 – 8 April 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (Kaloïōannēs), he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the …

Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, pronounced ; Italian: Cattaro) is a coastal town in Montenegro.It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor.The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of Kotor Municipality.. The old Mediterranean port of Kotor is surrounded by fortifications built during the Venetian period. It is located on the Bay of Kotor …

Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɛər i ə s /; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sasanian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300.Although he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, …

Constantine III (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus, died shortly before 18 September 411), was a Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in Britannia in 407 and established himself in Gaul.He was co-emperor from 409 until 411. Constantine rose to power during a bloody struggle in Roman Britain and was acclaimed emperor by the local legions in …

Op 1 mei 305 kwam er een einde aan de eerste Tetrachie door het afgesproken gezamenlijk aftreden van Diocletianus en diens medekeizer Maximianus.Galerius volgde Diocletianus op, en Constantius I Chlorus Maximianus. Galerius' nieuwe Caesar werd zijn neef Maximinus II Daia (de zoon van een zuster van Galerius), en Galerius zorgde ervoor dat zijn goede vriend …

Felix II FELIX Secundus: c. 300 AD Rome, Italy, Roman Empire 55 / 65 Roman. In opposition to Pope Liberius. Installed by Arian-leaning Emperor Constantius II. 37 1 October 366 – 11 December 384 (18 years, 71 days) St Damasus I DAMASVS: c. 305 AD Egitania, Lusitania or Rome, Italy, Roman Empire 60 / 78 Roman. The first pope from modern-day ...

Romulus Augustus (c. 465 – after 511), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne by his father, the magister militum Orestes, and, at that time, still a minor, was little more than a figurehead for his father.After Romulus ruled for just ten months, the barbarian general …

Coel (Old Welsh: Coil), also called Coel Hen (Coel the Old) and King Cole, is a figure prominent in Welsh literature and legend since the Middle Ages.Early Welsh tradition knew of a Coel Hen, a c. 4th-century leader in Roman or Sub-Roman Britain and the progenitor of several kingly lines in Yr Hen Ogledd (the Old North), the Brittonic-speaking part of what is now northern England …

Shapur II (Middle Persian: ???????????????????????????? Šābuhr; New Persian: شاپور, Šāpur, 309 – 379), also known as Shapur the Great, was the tenth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran.The longest-reigning monarch in Iranian history, he reigned for the entirety of his 70-year life, from 309 to 379.He was the son of Hormizd II (r. 302–309).. His reign saw the military resurgence of the ...

Constantine was born in Naissus (today Niš, Serbia), part of the Dardania province of Moesia on 27 February, c. AD 272. His father was Flavius Constantius who was born in the same region (then called Dacia Ripensis) and a native of the province of Moesia. His original full name, as well as that of his father, is not known. His praenomen is variously given as Lucius, Marcus and …