Constantius I, full name FLAVIUS VALERIUS CONSTANTIUS, called Constantius
Chlorus (AD 250?-306), Roman emperor (305-06). He was a general and
administrator under Emperor Maximian, who adopted him and gave him the
government of Gaul and the rank of caesar in 293. When his coemperors,
Maximian and Diocletian, abdicated in 305, Constantius became emperor in the
West and prepared to conquer the Picts of Scotland. He died at Eboracum
(modern York, England) during the campaign, after proclaiming his son
Constantine the Great his successor as emperor.