Editing Constans (section)

==Early life==
Sources variously report Constans' age at the time of his death as 27 or 30, meaning he was born in either 320 or 323.{{sfn|Jones|Martindale|Morris|p=220}} [[Timothy Barnes (classicist)|Timothy Barnes]], observing numismatic evidence, considered the younger age to be more likely.{{sfn|Barnes|1982|p=45}} He was the third and youngest son of Constantine I and [[Fausta]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Michael DiMaio Jr. and Robert Frakes, [http://www.roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu/consi.htm Constans I (337–350 A.D.)]</ref> According to the works of both [[Ausonius]] and [[Libanius]], he was educated at [[Constantinople]] under the tutelage of the poet [[Aemilius Magnus Arborius]], who instructed him in Latin.{{sfn|Jones|Martindale|Morris|p=220}}

On 25 December 333, Constans was elevated to the imperial rank of ''[[Caesar (title)|caesar]]'' at [[Constantinople]] by his father.{{sfn|Jones|Martindale|Morris|p=220}} Prior to 337, Constans became engaged to [[Olympias of Armenia|Olympias]], the daughter of the [[praetorian prefect]] [[Ablabius (consul)|Ablabius]], although the two never actually married.<ref name="ReferenceA" />