Roman Empire — Minor Figures
16 figures from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Tiberius Constantine
emperor · first appears Book II · Chap. I · part 1
- Book II · Chap. I · part 1 · with Gregory “In maintaining this faith, the venerable Father Gregory so earnestly strove against the rising heresy, and with the help of the most pious emperor, Tiberius Constantine, so fully suppressed it, that none has been since found to revive it.”
Marcian
emperor · first appears Book I · Chap. XV
- Book I · Chap. XV · with Valentinian “Marcian, the forty-sixth from Augustus, being made emperor with Valentinian, ruled the empire seven years.”
Valens
emperor · first appears Book I · Chap. IX
- Book I · Chap. IX · younger kin: Gratian “though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens, and his brother Valentinian”
Symmachus
consul · first appears Book I · Chap. XIII
- Book I · Chap. XIII · with Aetius “Aetius, a man of note and a patrician, discharged his third consulship with Symmachus for his colleague.”
Bassianus
emperor · first appears Book I · Chap. V
- Book I · Chap. V · parent: Severus “And there, at York, he fell sick afterwards and died, leaving two sons, Bassianus and Geta; of whom Geta died, adjudged an enemy of the State; but Bassianus, having taken the surname of Antonius, obtained the empire.”
- Book I · Chap. V · siblings with Geta “And there, at York, he fell sick afterwards and died, leaving two sons, Bassianus and Geta; of whom Geta died, adjudged an enemy of the State; but Bassianus, having taken the surname of Antonius, obtained the empire.”
Geta
emperor · first appears Book I · Chap. V
- Book I · Chap. V · parent: Severus “And there, at York, he fell sick afterwards and died, leaving two sons, Bassianus and Geta; of whom Geta died, adjudged an enemy of the State; but Bassianus, having taken the surname of Antonius, obtained the empire.”
- Book I · Chap. V · siblings with Bassianus “And there, at York, he fell sick afterwards and died, leaving two sons, Bassianus and Geta; of whom Geta died, adjudged an enemy of the State; but Bassianus, having taken the surname of Antonius, obtained the empire.”
Count Gerontius
follower of Constans · first appears Book I · Chap. XI
- Book I · Chap. XI · sworn: Constans “His son Constans, a monk, whom he had created Caesar, was also put to death by his own follower Count Gerontius, at Vienne.”
- Book I · Chap. XI · with Constans “His son Constans, a monk, whom he had created Caesar, was also put to death by his own follower Count Gerontius, at Vienne.”