61 Constantius II

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2017

⏱️ 97 minutes

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The third and middle brother of the Brothers Constantine. Constanius II had a lot on his plate: The Persians, the Sarmatians, the Alimanni, Magnetius, Vitranio, Gallus, Silianus, Julius… Still, all he needs to do is keep a level head and not go all purgey. There is nothing so bad that a few cunningly plotted schemes can’t sort out. Now, time to choose a Caesar, there must be at least one member of the family he hasn’t killed yet…

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. I am Jamie.
0:27.3	And I'm Rob and this is Constantius II. Sorry, it's episode 61 in case you were worried for a moment there.
0:32.8	It's episode 61 and this is Constantius 2. Nice. Nice. Here we are, the third of Constantine's sons. I was very, you're probably more surprised than I was, but I was surprised how much research you found. Yeah, well, no, I wasn't surprised because I know we come into a new source with lots of detail, but maybe I wasn't expecting quite so much detail. Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot to go through.
0:54.9	So there's lots of stuff.
0:56.0	Okay, good.
0:56.5	So let's jump into it.
0:58.5	Constanius II was born on the 7th of August in 317 in Sirmium.
1:04.0	Oh, okay.
1:04.7	This is a city that has also been the birthplace of Aurelian and Probus.
1:14.6	Looking good. Yeah. It's also the birthplace of Aurelion and Probus. Looking good. Yeah. It's also the birthplace of Hostilian and Quintillus. Oh, oh, dear. So mixed that. He could go either way. He could go
1:22.6	either way. 50-50 chance. Yeah. He was the second son of Constantine the Great and Fauster.
1:29.3	His father had just defeated Licinius in that first civil war between them and the
1:34.3	tense peace had settled.
1:36.3	Peace.
1:37.3	But tense peace.
1:39.3	Oh, peace.
1:41.3	Sort of straining peace.
1:43.3	Yeah, strained peace.
1:45.3	Strain, like, you really need to go to the toilet, but you're a bit blocked up.
1:49.3	But, it's a nice peaceful day.
1:53.3	It's okay.
1:54.6	It's okay, there's no wish, not due out soon.
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