Crispus
Roman caesar from 317 to 326
b. c. 303 · d. 326
Flavius Julius Crispus was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague (caesar) from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326. The grandson of the augustus Constantius I, Crispus was the elder half-brother of the future augustus Constantine II and became co-caesar with him and with his cousin Licinius II at Serdica, part of the settlement ending the Cibalensean War between Constantine and his father's rival Licinius I. Crispus ruled from Augusta Treverorum (Trier) in Roman Gaul between 318 and 323 and defeated the navy of Licinius I at the Battle of the Hellespont in 324, which with the land Battle of Chrysopolis won by Constantine forced the resignation of Licinius and his son, leaving Constantine the sole augustus and the Constantinian dynasty in control of the entire empire. It is unclear what the legal status was of the relationship between Crispus's mother Minervina and Constantine; Crispus may have been an illegitimate son.
Related people
- Minervina child of · traditional
- Constantine the Great child of · traditional
- Constantius II sibling of · traditional
- Constantina sibling of · traditional
- Constantine II sibling of · traditional
- Helena spouse of · traditional
- Flavius parent of · traditional
- Helena sibling of · traditional
- Constans sibling of · traditional
Events
Places
- Pula death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — Paul before Gallio at Corinth