Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus was a statesman and ruler in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as Caesar under emperor Constantius II, his cousin.
13 Facts About Constantius Gallus
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Gallus ultimately fell out of favor with Constantius and was executed, being replaced as Caesar by his younger half-brother Julian.
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Julius Constantius was a paternal half-brother of the emperor Constantine I, which, in turn, meant Gallus was a half-first cousin of Constantine's sons, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans.
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Constantius Gallus was born in Massa Veternensis, Italia, after his father had been recalled from exile.
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Constantius Gallus was said by Ammianus Marcellinus to have been very good looking, making particular note of his soft blond hair.
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An alternative view claims that hints in the sources suggest that Constantius Gallus was sent to Ephesus to study, then to a type of exile in Tralles and from there to the imperial household in Macellum.
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Constantius Gallus was saved from an assassination plot by a woman, who revealed that some members of her household were planning the murder.
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Philostorgius claims that Constantius Gallus' generals won a campaign against the Sassanids.
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Different sources tell different stories, but all agree that Constantius Gallus arrested Domitianus and the quaestor Montius Magnus who had come to his aid, and that the two officers were killed.
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Constantius Gallus was informed of the treason trials in Antioch during a campaign against the Alamanni.
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Gallus, whose bonds to Constantius had been weakened, stayed in Antioch.
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When Gallus arrived at Poetovio in Noricum, Barbatio, an officer who had been supporting Gallus' dismissal within Constantius' court, surrounded the palace of the Caesar and arrested him, stripping Gallus of the imperial robes, but assuring him that no harm would come to him.
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Gallus tried to put the blame for all of his actions on Constantina, but Constantius sentenced him to death; the emperor later changed his mind, and ordered Gallus spared, but Eusebius prevented the order from reaching the executioners.