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Constantinian dynasty (306–363)
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Constantinian dynasty
! colspan="2" style="width: 10%;"|Portrait ! colspan="1" style="width: 20%;" |Monarch ! colspan="2" |Reign !Co-emperor ! style="width: 33%;" |Description ! rowspan="2" |1 "the Great"]] Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας Flavius Valerius Constantinus (272–337) 324 337 ! colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |12 years, 248 days ! rowspan="2" |2 Κωνστάντιος Flavius Julius Constantius (317–361) 337 361 ! colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |24 years, 171 days ! rowspan="2" |3 "the Apostate"]] Ἰουλιανός Flavius Claudius Julianus (331–363) 361 363 ! colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |1 year, 235 days
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 * rowspan="2" |[[Constantine the Great|Constantine I
 * style="width: 9%;" |19 September
 * style="width: 9%;" |22 May
 * rowspan="2" |Position vacant
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |Son of Constantius, he was proclaimed Augustus of the West after his father's death on 306. He became its sole ruler after 312, and reunified the empire in 324 after defeating Licinius, his Eastern counterpart. A reformist, he consolidated Byzantium as the "New Rome", and played a crucial role in the Christianisation of the Roman world.
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 * rowspan="2" |Constantius II
 * 22 May
 * 3 November
 * rowspan="2" |Position vacant
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |Second surviving son of Constantine I, he was one of three Augusti proclaimed following his father's death in 337, before becoming its sole emperor by 353. His reign witnessed constant external warfare, while his religious policies would would lead to domestic conflict following his death.
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 * rowspan="2" |[[Julian (emperor)|Julian
 * 3 November
 * 26 June
 * rowspan="2" |Position vacant
 * rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |Cousin of Constantius II and Caesar of Gaul, his army proclaimed him as Augustus in 360, nearly causing a civil war that was only prevented upon Constantius's sudden death. He was the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and tried reversing the Christianisation of the empire, but was mortally wounded in battle while embarking on an expedition against the Sasanian Empire.
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