<sod>  He was succeeded by his three sons, [[Constantine II of the Roman Empire|Constantine II]], [[Constantius II]] and [[Constans]], who secured their hold on the empire with the murder of a number of relatives and supporters of Constantine.  The last member of his dynasty was his grandson, [[Julian]], who attempted to restore paganism.
 
 ==Geoffrey of Monmouth and a Constantine made British==
The English chronicler [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], who offered a genealogy of British kings that linked them to the Fall of Troy and has an uneven reputation for credulity and professional care, claimed that the Helena who was mother of the noble Constantine was actually the Helena, the daughter of "[[Old King Cole]]", the mythical King of the [[Britons]].  It was indecorous, Geoffrey considered, that a king might have less-than-noble antecedents. Monmouth said that Constantine was proclaimed "king of the Britons" at York, though that title is not mentioned in any text. To say that there is little proof to support this claim is generous, but a few myth-loving citizens of the UK long to set Constantine alongside [[Arthur]].
 
 
 <eod> <sod> He was succeeded by his three sons, [[Constantine II of the Roman Empire|Constantine II]], [[Constantius II]] and [[Constans]], who secured their hold on the empire with the murder of a number of relatives and supporters of Constantine.  The last member of his dynasty was his grandson, [[Julian]], who attempted to restore paganism.
 
 ==Geoffrey of Monmouth and a Constantine made British==
The English chronicler [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], who offered a genealogy of British kings that linked them to the Fall of Troy and has an uneven reputation for credulity and professional care, claimed that the Helena who was mother of the noble Constantine was actually the Helena, the daughter of "[[Old King Cole]]", the mythical King of the [[Britons]].  It was indecorous, Geoffrey considered, that a king might have less-than-noble decendants. Monmouth said that Constantine was proclaimed "king of the Britons" at York, though that title is not mentioned in any text. To say that there is little proof to support this claim is generous, but a few myth-loving citizens of the UK long to set Constantine alongside [[Arthur]].
 
 
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