Constantius I Chlorus

When did Constantius I Chlorus live?

Constantius I Chlorus is dated c. AD 250 – 306 (died at York) in the archive, which places Constantius I Chlorus in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Constantius I Chlorus?

Constantius I Chlorus is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Lactantius and Eusebius of Caesarea. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Constantius I Chlorus from?

The archive associates Constantius I Chlorus with Gaul and Britain, Eboracum. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

Who were Constantius I Chlorus’ contemporaries?

The archive links Constantius I Chlorus to 4 other figures, including Constantine the Great, Maximian Herculius, Emperor Galerius and Emperor Diocletian. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

Constantius, lest he should seem to dissent from the commands of his seniors, permitted the conventicles — that is, the walls, which could be built again — to be pulled down; but the true temple of God, which is in men, he preserved unharmed.

Constantius, the most beneficent and mildest of emperors… alone kept his hands clean of the abominable impiety of the war against us, and preserved those under him unharmed.