STORIES&PICTURES

Constantius II was the middle son of Constantine the Great and Fausta. He was born in the provincial capitol of Sirmium ( Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia ) in A.D. 317.  He was the longest surviving of Constantine's sons and the strongest promoter of his fathers legacy, e.g. Christianity and the new capitol Constantinople.

Gordian III became Emperor at the age of 13.  His praetorian commander Philip  the Arab used his position to undermine Gordian's standing with his troops.  In 244 A.D. he succeeded, and Gordian III, the boy emperor, was killed at the age of 19. Philip the Arab then became Emperor.

Probus' ideas were that he would make peace long lasting and he would not spend money for soldiers. Rather, he invested in public works to improve the people's welfare. This was a great dream, but it turned out to be a bad idea to tell your employees that you plan to fire them, especially if those employees carry weapons. Probus was killed by his own soldiers,according to historians, just a few kilometers from his birth place. He died in A.D. 282 when he was 50 years old.

Probus was an Emperor with great ideas. He was born in Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia), and he had great military ability. He made the Danube frontier safe .  His idea was that soldiers must always be busy, so had them plant grapes around his native town. Since then to the present that area is well known for good grapes and wine.

Philip II Macedonian Father of Alexander the Great united Greek cities under a treaty known as the League of Corinth. PHILIP married OLYMPIAS, the sister of the King of Epirus. In 356 B.C. their son ALEXANDER was born, followed the next year by a daughter, CLEOPATRA.

Vespasian

In 284 A.D. the Army proclaimed Diocletian emperor.  Diocletian was a great general but an even more brilliant ruler and reformer.  For 20 years he reformed the political, economic and monetary system.

After the death of his father Constantius I, Constantine I the Great was proclaimed Emperor by his father's army. In A.D. 307 Constantine received the  title  of Augustus. At that time there were six men with the title Augustus: Galerius, Maximianus, Licinius, Maximinus Daia, Maxentius  and Constantine.

AESCULAPIUS, The HEALER was Apollo's son..He become a healer and was regarded as the inventor of medicine itself. Many of recorded cures were probably due to the Aesculapis' knowledge of herbal remedies and sound therapeutic regimens. He was such good doctor that he could bring the dead back to life and euraged Zeus, because it was the power of God.

Alex. Severus

JULIAN II

GALLIENUS