<sod>  Jones also notes that Constantius "appears in the pages of [[Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus]] as a conscientious emperor but a vain and stupid man, an easy prey to flatterers. He was timid and suspicious, and interested persons could easily play on his fears for their own advantage."<ref>Jones, ''Later Roman Empire'', p. 116.</ref>
 
 ===Anti-Jewish persecution===
The laws of Constantius, (337CE-361CE),forbid intermarriage between [[Jewish]] men and Christian women. A generation later, in 388 CE, all marriages between [[Jews]] and Christians were forbidden. Constantius also did away with the right of Jews to possess slaves. This prohibition to trade in and to keep slaves at a time when slave labor was common was not merely an attempt to arrest conversion to [[Judaism]]; it was also a blow at the economic life of the Jew. It put Jews at a disadvantage with Christian competitors with whom this economic privilege was assured.
 
 == Notes ==
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 <eod> <sod> Jones also notes that Constantius "appears in the pages of [[Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus]] as a conscientious emperor but a vain and stupid man, an easy prey to flatterers. He was timid and suspicious, and interested persons could easily play on his fears for their own advantage."<ref>Jones, ''Later Roman Empire'', p. 116.</ref>
 
 ===Anti-Jewish persecution===
The laws of Constantius, (October 18, 315, and August 13, 339), forbid intermarriage between [[Jewish]] men and Christian women. A generation later, in 388 CE, all marriages between [[Jews]] and Christians were forbidden. Constantius also did away with the right of Jews to possess slaves. This prohibition to trade in and to keep slaves at a time when slave labor was common was not merely an attempt to arrest conversion to [[Judaism]]; it was also a blow at the economic life of the Jew. It put Jews at a disadvantage with Christian competitors with whom this economic privilege was assured.
 
 == Notes ==
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