Ancient Coin Stories

Birth of Constantine the Great in Moesia Superior to Constantius Chlorus and Helena.

Constantine I fights against barbarians on the Danube for Diocletian.

Constantine I fights against Persians in Syria with Diocletian.

Constantine I returns to Nicomedia from the eastern front.

Constantine I is a tribune of the first order.

Constantius requests his son Constantine I join him in Britain. Galerius grants the request after drinking heavily.

Death of Constantius Chlorus in Britain. Constantine the Great is declared Augustus by his troops.

Maxentius, jealous of the power of Constantine the Great, seizes the title of Emperor. Galerius refuses to recognize him, but is powerless to stop him.

Constantine the Great defeats the Franks near Trier. The kings and their soldiers are fed to animals at the amphitheater in Trier.

Constantine the Great begins a major expansion of Trier.

Constantine the Great and Maxentius agree to a peace, brokered by Maximian, where Constantine marries Maximian’s daughter Fausta and Constantine would support Maxentius in Italy.

Constantine the Great leaves Gaul for Britain and chooses not to help Maxentius in Italy.

Constantine the Great raids Germanic tribes and builds a bridge over the Rhein at Colonia Agrippinensium.

Maximian attempts to take his son Maxentius‘ title. This fails and he returns to the court of Constantine the Great.

Galerius calls a council to discuss the disruptive western provinces. Diocletian and Maximian attend. Maximian is forced to abdicate and Constantine the Great is demoted to Caesar under the new Augustus Licinius.

Maximian rebels against Constantine the Great while he is fighting the Franks.

Constantine the Great captures Maximian at Arles when the citizens open their rear gates to him. Maximian commits suicide.

Constantine the Great, no longer able to rely on the Maximian family for name, invents that he descended from Claudius Gothicus.

Constantine the Great changes his patron from Mars to Sol Invictus.

Maxentius declares war on Constantine the Great.

Constantine the Great forges an alliance with Licinius, giving him his sister Constantia in marriage.

Constantine the Great crosses the alps to confront Maxentius.

Constantine the Great defeats soldiers of Maxentius at the Battle of Turin.

Constantine the Great rests his troops in Milan until continuing to Brixia.

The crowd openly taunts Maxentius at chariot races, saying that Constantine the Great is invincible.

Constantine the Great defeats Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Constantine claims in a dream that victory requires fighting under the Chi-Ro banner. Maxentius is trapped by fleeing soldiers and drowns in the Tiber.

Constantine the Great enters Rome to great acclaim.

Constantine the Great and Licinius meet in Milan to cement their marriage alliance. The two emperors sign the Edict of Milan, promising religious tolerance.

Birth of Constantine II at Arles to Constantine I and Fausta.

Constantine the Great defeats Licinius at the Battle of Cibalae.

Constantine the Great and Licinius fight at the Battle of Mardia, where both sides take heavy losses. They agree to promote Crispus, Constantine II, and Licinius II to Caesars.

Birth of Constantius II to Constantine the Great and Fausta.

Approximate birth of Constans to Constantine I and Fausta.

Constantine the Great wages are on the Goths and Sarmatians from Sirmium.

The fleet of Constantine I takes moorage at Elaios against Licinius.

Constantine II accompanies his father Constantine the Great on campaign in Sarmatia.

Constantine the Great defeats the Goths and kills their leader.

Constantine I refounds Byzantion as an imperial residence named Nova Roma.

Licinius is soundly defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of Adrianople.

Crispus, the son of Constantine the Great, achieves a huge naval victory over Licinius at the Battle of the Hellespont.

Constantine the Great defeats Licinius at the Battle of Chrysopolis. Licinius surrenders and are sent to live as private citizens.

Constantius II made Caesar by Constantine the Great.

Licinius is accused of a plot to kill Constantine the Great and is executed.

Constantine the Great executes Licinius II.

Constantine the Great executes his son Crispus for reasons still unknown.

Constantine the Great has his wife Fausta killed in a boiling bath.

Construction completed on Constantine’s Bridge, created with the hope of retaking Dacia.

The city of Nova Roma, formerly known as Byzantion, is renamed to Constantinople by Constantine the Great.

Constantine II made field commander by Constantine the Great against the Goths.

Constantine the Great defeats the Goths with help from the Sarmatians.

Constans elevated to Caesar at Constantinople by Constantine I

Constantine the Great achieves victory over the Sarmatians.

Constantius II sent to recapture Mesopatamia by Constantine the Great. He overruns it, captures Amida, and kills their leader Narses.

Death of Constantine the Great. Constans, Constantine II, and Constantius II become emperors and divide the empire.

Constantius Gallus is one of the few relatives of Constantine the Great not purged after his death.