Constantine

On 1 March 317, he was born caesar at Serdica. Constantine II usually resided with his father, such as accompanying him on his campaign against the Sarmatians in 323 until his own court was installed at Trier in 328. An inscription dated to 328–330 record the title of Alamannicus, indicating that his generals won a victory over the Alamanni. While Constantine I had intended for his sons to rule together with their cousins Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, soon after his death in May 337 the army murdered several of their male relatives, including Dalmatius and Hannibalianus. His military career continued when Constantine I made him field commander during the 332-winter campaign against the Goths.  The military operation was successful and decisive, with 100,000 Goths reportedly slain and the surrender of the ruler Ariaric. Festival games were initiated in Rome to celebrate the Caesar’s role in the successful military campaigns, in a public advertisement of his capability to rule. The three brothers were not named as Augusti until 9 September 337, when they gathered together in Pannonia and divided the Roman territories among themselves. Constantine received Gaul, Britannia and Hispania. Unlike his younger brothers, he gained little from Dalmatius’ removal. Constantine was certainly left unsatisfied with his conclave seemingly believing that his age granted him some sort of seniority in the imperial college and, by extension, control over the dominion of his youngest brother Constans, who was still a teenager in 337.