[2] It is likely that Constantiolus held the title of dux Moesiae Secundae and the rank of magister militum (often rendered in Greek as stratelates).
[1] The newly appointed Constantiolus joined forces with Ascum and Godilas in facing the invaders, who were at the time active in Thrace.
Their report to the emperor placed the blame for the uprising on the unpopular financial ministers John the Cappadocian, Tribonian and Eudaemon, leading to their dismissal from office.
[1] The riots did not subside, and Justinian allegedly considered fleeing Constantinople until the Empress Theodora convinced him to stay and defend his throne.
[4] Constantiolus and Mundus, who were to have guarded the palace in the emperor's absence,[1] instead joined Belisarius in attacking rioters massed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.