Constantine III

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Roman general Western Roman emperor usurper

Constantine III was a late Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in Britain in 407 AD, briefly controlling much of Gaul and Hispania before being defeated and executed.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Constantine III canonical 5
Constantine III of Britain 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general ⓘ
Western Roman emperor ⓘ
usurper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Flavius Claudius Constantinus ⓘ
capital Arles ⓘ
child Emperor Constans II ⓘ
surface form: Constans II

Julian ⓘ
conflict Roman civil wars of the early 5th century ⓘ
controlledTerritory Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

Gaul ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Hispania
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCause execution ⓘ
deathPlace Ravenna ⓘ
deathYear 411 ⓘ
declaredHimselfEmperorIn Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain
declaredHimselfEmperorInYear 407 ⓘ
elevatedConstansIIRank Caesar ⓘ
elevatedSonToRank Caesar ⓘ
endTimeOfReign 411 ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
floruit early 5th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Western Roman Empire ⓘ
lostControlOf Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

Gaul ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Hispania
militaryRank general ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
notableEvent crossing into Gaul with British troops ⓘ
recognition by Honorius as co-emperor ⓘ
siege of Arles ⓘ
usurpation in Britain in 407 ⓘ
opponent Constantius III ⓘ
Honorius ⓘ
Stilicho ⓘ
positionHeld Roman general ⓘ
Western Roman emperor ⓘ
predecessor Honorius ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
soughtLegitimacyFrom Honorius ⓘ
spouse Galla ⓘ
startTimeOfReign 407 ⓘ
successor Constantius III ⓘ
surrenderedTo Constantius III ⓘ
wasBesiegedIn Arles ⓘ
wasDefeatedBy Constantius III ⓘ
wasExecutedBy agents of Honorius ⓘ
wasProclaimedEmperorBy Roman troops in Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Honorius → notableUsurperDuringReign → Constantine III ⓘ
Heraclian dynasty → hasMonarch → Constantine III ⓘ
Heraclius → successor → Constantine III ⓘ
Historia Regum Britanniae → includesCharacter → Constantine III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine III of Britain
Aurelius Ambrosius → fatherInLegend → Constantine III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine III of Britain
Constantine III → regnalName → Constantine III ⓘ
Martina → stepMotherOf → Constantine III ⓘ