Eutropia
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For the daughter of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and mother of Nepotianus, see Eutropia (princess).
Eutropia (d. after 325) a woman of Syrian origin, who was the wife of Emperor Maximian.
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[edit] Marriage to Maximian and their children
In the late 3rd century, she married Maximian, though the exact date of this marriage is uncertain. By Maximian, she had two children, a boy, Maxentius (c. 277–287), who was Western Roman Emperor from 306–312 and a girl, Fausta (c. 298)[1], who was wife of Constantine I, and mother of six children by him, including the Augusti Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans.
[edit] Another daughter?
There is some doubt as to whether Flavia Maximiana Theodora, who married Constantius I Chlorus, was the a daughter of Eutropia by an earlier husband[2] or whether she was a daughter of Maximian by an earlier anonymous wife[3].
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Barnes, New Empire, 34. Barnes dates Maxentius' birth to circa 283, when Maximian was in Syria, and Fausta's birth to 289 or 290 (Barnes, New Empire, 34).
- ^ Aurelius Victor, de Caesaribus 39.25; Eutropius, Breviaria 9.22; Jerome, Chronicle 225g; Epitome de Caesaribus 39.2, 40.12, quoted in Barnes, New Empire, 33; Barnes, New Empire, 33.
- ^ Origo Constantini 2; Philostorgius, Historia Ecclesiastica 2.16a, quoted in Barnes, New Empire, 33. See also Panegyrici Latini 10(2)11.4.
[edit] References
- s.v. DiMaio, Michael, "Maximianus Herculius (286-305 A.D)", DIR
- Barnes, Timothy D. The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. ISBN 0783722214
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| Preceded by Prisca |
Empress of Rome 286–305 (with Prisca) |
Succeeded by Galeria Valeria - Flavia Maximiana Theodora |
| Preceded by Cornelia Salonina |
Empress-Mother of Rome 306–312 |
Succeeded by Marina Severa |
