beheaded in either August or September 411. His head was mounted on a pole and presented to Emperor Honorius on 18 September. Constantius withdrew in the face of Jovinus's forces. In 413 a Visigoth army, now allied with Honorius, suppressed Jovinus's revolt. Constantius took over Stilicho's role as the main power in the Western Empire and generalissimo. He was broadly able to recover the situation for the central authorities and to enable reconstruction. Gaul was pacified, the barbarians in Hispania were in large part subdued, the Visigoths were settled on land in Aquitaine as Roman allies. Roman rule never returned to Britain after Constantine stripped its defences. Legend In Geoffrey of Monmouth's popular and imaginative Historia Regum Britanniae Constantine III is also known as Constantine II of Britain and Constans is elected by the Britons as their king after Constantine's death. Hence Constans, through his younger brother Uther Pendragon, becomes an uncle of the legendary King Arthur. Notes, citations and sources Notes Citations Sources 5th-century Roman emperors 411 deaths Arthurian characters British traditional history 5th-century murdered monarchs Year of birth unknown Caesars (heirs apparent) Sons of Roman emperors