A good portrait of Constantius II?

I've been googling online, and I have been unable to locate a good likeness of Constantius II, who succeeded his father Constantine, murdered all his cousins, then his brothers and left only a nephew, Julian the Apostate, to succeed him.  His reign is described vividly by Ammianus Marcellinus, and the church remembered him as an Arian....

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2019/07/09/a-good-portrait-of-constantius-ii/

#Chronography of 354 #Constantius II

A good portrait of Constantius II?

I've been googling online, and I have been unable to locate a good likeness of Constantius II, who succeeded his father Constantine, murdered all his cousins, then his brothers and left only a nephew, Julian the Apostate, to succeed him.  His reign is described vividly by Ammianus Marcellinus, and the church remembered him as an Arian....

https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2019/07/09/a-good-portrait-of-constantius-ii/

#Chronography of 354 #Constantius II

For this #MosaicMonday, I though I would share my favourite #mosaic. It’s from #Brading #Roman Villa on the #IsleOfWight. It’s of a Cock-headed man and I think he’s absolutely amazing.

It’s thought that the figure lampoons a gladiator (or venator) called "Gallus" since the name means "cockerel" in Latin. It has even been suggested that the figure lampoons the emperor of the #Eastern #RomanEmpire #Constantius #Gallus (ruled 351–354)

There is a bit of #Folklore that said the Cockerel Man is an image of a local god from the Isle of Wight; there is of course no evidence for this, just a bit of a fun, tall-tale.

#History #histodon #histodons