Generals of Constantius II

4th-century Roman general and usurper

Flavius Arbitio (fl. 354–366 AD) was a Roman general and Consul who lived in the middle of the 4th century AD.

4th-century Roman general

Barbatio (died AD 359) was a Roman general of the infantry (Magister Peditum = Master of Foot) under the command of Constantius II. Previously he was a commander of the household troops (protectores domestici) under Gallus Caesar, but he arrested Gallus under the instruction of Constantius, thereby ensuring his promotion on the death of Claudius Silvanus. In 359, both he and his wife Assyria were arrested and beheaded for treason against Constantius, possibly as part of a plot by Arbitio, a senior cavalry commander (Magister Equitum = Master of Horse), and another exponent of the forms of sche

father of Roman empress Charito