Licinius II

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Licinius II was a Roman imperial prince of the early 4th century, son of Emperor Licinius I and Constantia (half-sister of Constantine the Great), who briefly held the junior title of Caesar before his execution amid dynastic conflicts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Licinius II canonical 4
Licinius 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caesar ⓘ
Roman imperial prince ⓘ
member of the Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
appointedCaesarBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

Licinius I ⓘ
linked to: Licinius
associatedWith Tetrarchic and Constantinian transition period ⓘ
birthDate c. 315 ⓘ
birthPlace Roman Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath political purge ⓘ
century 4th century ⓘ
citizenship Roman ⓘ
coCaesarWith Constantine II ⓘ
Crispus ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
deathContext dynastic conflict between Constantine I and Licinius I ⓘ
deathDate c. 326 ⓘ
deathPlace Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
dynasty Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicBackground Illyrian-Roman through his father ⓘ
executedBy agents of Constantine the Great ⓘ
father Licinius I ⓘ
linked to: Licinius
fullName Valerius Licinianus Licinius ⓘ
linked to: Licinianus
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Constantius Chlorus ⓘ
heldRank princeps iuventutis ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of alliance between Licinius I and Constantine I ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
maternalAuntOrUncle Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I
maternalLineage Flavian Constantinian line ⓘ
mother Constantia ⓘ
motherTitle Augusta ⓘ
nobleFamily Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
politicalRole junior colleague in imperial college ⓘ
posthumousStatus not deified ⓘ
reignAsCaesarEndDate 324 ⓘ
reignAsCaesarStartDate 317 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
removedFromSuccession after defeat of Licinius I ⓘ
status deceased ⓘ
styleOnCoins DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C ⓘ
title Caesar ⓘ
Nobilissimus Caesar ⓘ
uncle Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantine I

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caesar (imperial title) → heldBy → Licinius II ⓘ
subject linked to: Caesar
Licinius → child → Licinius II ⓘ
Valeria → arrestedBy → Licinius ⓘ
linked to: Licinius II
Candidianus → relative → Licinius ⓘ
linked to: Licinius II
Martinian → predecessorAsCoEmperor → Licinius II ⓘ
Valeria → executedBy → Licinius ⓘ
linked to: Licinius II