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| That Constantine divided the Empire between his Three Sons, whom he had instructed in Politics and Religion.
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Chapter LI.—That Constantine divided the Empire between his
Three Sons, whom he had instructed in Politics and
Religion.
Having thus established his power in the opposite extremities of the
world, he divided the whole extent of his dominions, as though he were
allotting a patrimonial inheritance to the dearest objects of his
regard, among his three sons. To the eldest he assigned his
grandfather’s portion; to the second, the empire of the East; to
the third, the countries which lie between these two divisions.3348
| 3348 [“The younger Constantine was appointed to hold his court in
Gaul; and his brother Constantius exchanged that department, the
ancient patrimony of their father, for the more opulent, but less
martial, countries of the East. Italy, the Western Illyricum, and
Africa, were accustomed to revere Constans, the third of his sons, as
the representative of the great Constantine” (Gibbon, Decline
and Fall, ch. 18).—Bag.] Compare Prolegomena, under
Life. | And being desirous of furnishing his
children with an inheritance truly valuable and salutary to their
souls, he had been careful to imbue them with true religious
principles, being himself their guide to the knowledge of sacred
things, and also appointing men of approved piety to be their
instructors. At the same time he assigned them the most accomplished
teachers of secular learning, by some of whom they were taught the arts
of war, while they were trained by others in political, and by others
again in legal science. To each moreover was granted a truly royal
retinue, consisting of infantry, spearmen, and body guards, with every
other kind of military force; commanded respectively by captains,
tribunes, and generals3349
| 3349 Centurions, generals, tribunes. | of whose
warlike skill and devotion to his sons the emperor had had previous
experience.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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