court of Constantius II
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The court of Constantius II was the imperial household and administrative center of the Roman emperor Constantius II, marked by intense theological disputes, especially over Arianism, and a continuation of the centralized, Christianized imperial culture established by his father Constantine the Great.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial court of Constantius II | 1 |
| court of Constantius II canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman imperial household
ⓘ
imperial court ⓘ late Roman administrative center ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Athanasius of Alexandria
ⓘ
Basil of Ancyra ⓘ Eusebius of Nicomedia ⓘ Caesar of the East ⓘ
surface form:
Gallus Caesar
Hilary of Poitiers ⓘ Julian the Apostate ⓘ
surface form:
Julian (later emperor Julian the Apostate)
|
| capitalAtVariousTimes |
Antioch
ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Milan ⓘ Sirmium ⓘ |
| centralIdeologicalConflict |
Arianism
ⓘ
Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
close integration of church and state
ⓘ
strong role of eunuchs in politics ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityWith | Constantinian court culture ⓘ |
| emperorServed | Constantius II ⓘ |
| endTime | 361 ⓘ |
| exercisedControlOver |
appointment of bishops
ⓘ
imperial correspondence ⓘ imperial finances ⓘ imperial legislation ⓘ |
| followed | court of Constantine the Great ⓘ |
| hadInstitution |
comitatus
ⓘ
scholae palatinae ⓘ |
| hadOffice |
comes rerum privatarum
ⓘ
comes sacrarum largitionum ⓘ magister officiorum ⓘ praepositus sacri cubiculi ⓘ quaestor sacri palatii ⓘ |
| hostedCouncil |
Council of Arles (314)
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Arles (353)
Council of Rimini ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Milan (355)
Council of Sirmium ⓘ |
| influencedBy | court of Constantine the Great ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Christianized imperial culture
ⓘ
centralized imperial administration ⓘ imperial involvement in church councils ⓘ intense theological disputes ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | late Roman imperial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
impose theological unity in the empire
ⓘ
strengthen imperial centralization ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Christian ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy | pro-Arian ⓘ |
| seatOfPowerOf | Constantius II ⓘ |
| startTime | 337 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Imperial court of Constantius II