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Group: Holy League (Great Turkish War)
People: Alexander Ostrovsky
Topic: Wuzhang Plains, Battle of
Location: Dascylium > Ergili Turkey

Constantine had been preparing to go to …

Years: 338 - 338

Constantine had been preparing to go to war against the Persians at the time of his death in 337.

This legacy weighs heavily on the shoulders of Constantius, a military incompetent when compared to the energetic Shapur, with whom Constantius in 338 becomes engaged in what will prove to be a dozen years of inconclusive but extremely bloody warfare.

The Emperor's death in 337 had allowed Athanasius to return to Alexandria, but Constantius renews the order of banishment in 338.