Constans Chart
The tables below are reproductions and syntheses of the charts found in chapter V of The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982) and appendix 9 of Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993) both by T.D. Barnes. Preference was given to Athanasius and Constantius where differences exist. Minor stylistic changes have been made to improve consistency.
The tables below are adapted and reproduced with permission from T.D. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982) and T.D. Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993).
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Principal Residences
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 333–335 | With Constantine |
| 335–337 | Milan? |
| 337–340 | Naissus? (Zonaras 13.5) |
| 340–350 | Trier, Milan, and Sirmium |
Attested Movements
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 337, Aug. 29 | At Aquileia? | Frag. Vat. 35 |
| 337, c. Sept. | Confers with Constantinus and Constantius in Pannonia | Julian, Orat. 1, 19a, cf. Libanius, Orat. 59.75 |
| 337, Dec. 6 | At Thessalonica | CTh 11.1.4; 11.7.7 (353 mss.) |
| probably 338 | Campaign against the Sarmatae | CIL 3.12483 |
| 338, June 12 | At Viminacium | CTh 10.10.4 |
| 338, July 27 | At Sirmium | CTh 15.1.5; CJ 10.48.7 |
| 339?, Apr. 6 | At Savaria | CTh 10.10.6 (342 mss.) |
| 340, Jan 19–Feb. 2 | At Naissus | CTh 12.1.29; 10.10.5 |
| 340 | In Dacia when he hears of Constantinus’ invasion of his territory | Zonaras 13.5 |
| 340, Apr. 9 | At Aquileia | CTh 2.6.5; 10.15.3 |
| 340, June 25 | At Milan | CTh 9.17.1 |
| 340? | Visits Rome? | Passio Artemii 9 = Philostorgius, HE 3.1 |
| 341, June 24 | At Lauriacum | CTh 8.2.1 = 12.1.31 |
| late 341 | Campaign against the Franci in Gaul | Jerome, Chronicle 235; Chr. min. 1.236 |
| 342 | Victory over the Franci and treaty with them | Libanius, Orat. 59.127–136; Jerome, Chronicle 235; Chr. min. 1.236; Socrates, HE 2.13.4 |
| 342, summer | In Trier | Socrates, HE 2.18 |
| 342, autumn | Interviews Athanasius in Milan | Athanasius, Apol. ad Const. 4.3 |
| 342, Dec. 4 | At Milan | CTh 9.7.3 |
| 343, Jan. 25 | At Bononia | CTh 11.16.5, cf. CJ 3.26.6 |
| 343 | Crosses to Britain in winter | Firmicus Maternus, De err. prof. rel. 28.6; Libanius, Orat. 59.137–140; Ammianus 20.1.1 |
| 343, spring | Soon returns from Britain to Gaul | Libanius, Orat. 59.139, 141 |
| 343, June 30 | At Trier | CTh 12.1.36 |
| 343, summer | Interviews Athanasius in Trier | Athanasius, Apol. ad Const. 4.4, cf. 3.7 |
| 344, autumn | In Pannonia | Libanius, Orat. 59.133 |
| 345, early | Receives an embassy from Constantius at Poetovio | Athanasius, Apol. ad Const. 3.3 |
| 345, Apr. 7 | At Aquileia at Easter, where he interviews Athanasius | Athanasius, Apol. ad Const. 15.4, cf. 3.7; Index 17 |
| 345, May 15 | At Trier | CTh 10.10.7 |
| 345, June 9 or July 11 | At Cologne | CTh 3.5.7 |
| 345, autumn? | Interviews Athanasius in Trier | Athanasius, Apol. ad Const. 4.5, cf. 3.7 |
| 346?, Mar. 5 | At Sirmium | CTh 10.10.8 (353 mss.) |
| 346, May 23 | At Caesena | CTh 12.1.38 |
| 348, June 17 | At Milan | CTh 10.14.2 |
| 349, May 27 | At Sirmium | CTh 7.1.2 + 8.7.3 |
| 350, shortly after Jan. 18 | Killed at Helena in Gaul | Eutropius, Brev. 10.9.4; Jerome, Chronicle 237; Chr. min. 1.237; Epitome 41.23; Zosimus 2.43.5 |
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