Methodianus the Holy
Aroman Emperor Methodianus I | |
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 A bust of Methodianus, dating from the early 4th Century. | |
| Emperor of Arome | |
| In office 308–341 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Spurius Candidus Methodianus 8th of March, 270 |
| Died | 29th of April, 341 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Aroman |
Methodianus I (Fragran: Spurius Canidius Methodianus, Laimiaic: Methodianos), also known as Methodianus the Holy, Methodianus the Great or simply Methodianus, was an Emperor of Arome, who reigned from 308 to 341. He campaigned alongside his father, Methodius, in Vanarambaium and was known as a solid commander. During the civil war that saw the end of the Octarchic system, Methodius defended his part of the empire from the anarchy that was sweeping through the rest. Methodianus was proclaimed both Venerabilius and Cotta by the army stationed at Cunetio in southern Vanarambaium after the death of Methodius, his father, in 303. He then used the forces at his disposal to try to end the civil war. However, it was only after the Battle of the Sinuusan Plains in 308 and the death of the last of the other Octarchs that Methodianus was able to become sole emperor of the Aroman Empire. With the last of his rivals crushed, Methodianus had to work to overcome the havoc that over a decade of civil war had wreaked on the empire. His five year long campaign to eliminate any rivals to the imperial titles now saw him as the sole emperor, but Arome itself was teetering and the ancient city itself was still little more than a field of ash and rubble.
