The son of the commander of Constantius II's bodyguards, Jovian was a general who succeeded Julian the Apostate. He was the last Constantine Dynasty emperor.
Magnentius was a military commander in Gaul who rebelled against the Roman emperor Constantius II, removing and killing his junior colleague Constans, in the west. He appears to have had widescale...
Vetranio, was an experienced soldier and officer asked by Constantina, the sister of Roman Emperor Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar. Her brother Constans had been killed by Magnentius...
The second in command to Diocletian, and co-Emperor in the West in the early days of the Tetrarchy, Maximian was a tough general who commanded important battles against the Goths.
Valens became the Eastern Roman Emperor in 364. By far his most notable accomplishment was the construction of the aqueduct that supplied water to Constantinople, his capital city, for over a...