141- Blood and Water

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2011

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Constantius and Constans shared the Empire for a decade until Constans was overthrown by a rebel general named Magnetius in 350 AD.

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1:17.0	Hello and welcome to the history of Rome. Episode 141, Blood and Water.
1:29.1	When Constantine died in 337 AD, he left the Empire saddled with an unwieldy
1:34.3	five-way power-sharing system that it appears he just sort of hoped would
1:38.8	somehow find a way to work. Well, by 340 it had found a way to work. It found a
1:45.8	way to work by killing off three-fifths of its members. With the number of
1:51.2	living Augustine now down to a manageable two, it can stanch us the second and
1:55.3	constants were able to share control of the Roman Empire for a decade without
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