CONSTANS I (A. D. 337-350)

BRONZE REDUCED FOLLIS

OF ANCIENT ROME

Constans I, the youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, became emperor with two brothers upon his father's death in A.D. 337, and was given control of Italy, Illyria and Africa. Constans I defeated the Franks who were invading the Roman province of Gaul, and he repelled the Picts and Scots from Britain - restoring peace to that province after many years of bloodshed.

Constans I was murdered in A.D. 350 by cohorts of the rebel Magnentius.