Julius Constantius's daughter
Unknown | |
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Roman empress | |
Tenure | 337 – c. 352/353 |
Died | before August 353 |
Spouse | Constantius II |
Dynasty | Constantinian |
Father | Julius Constantius |
Mother | Galla |
An unnamed[1] daughter of Julius Constantius was the first wife of Constantius II.[2]
Family
She is mentioned in the "Letter To The Senate And People of Athens" by Emperor Julian to have been a sister of Constantius Gallus.[2] When mentioning the execution of Gallus by orders of Constantius II, Julian lists the several ways the two men were related. "Constantius gave over to his most inveterate enemies, his own cousin, the Caesar, his sister's husband, the father of his niece, the man whose own sister he had himself married in earlier days".[3]
Gallus was a son of
A brother is considered to have been assassinated with their father in 337. Julian the Apostate was a younger, paternal half-brother to this Empress.[4]
Marriage
Her marriage to Constantius seems to be recorded in the
Neither her name nor the time of her death appear in surviving sources. Thomas M. Banchich, a modern historian, points that "her passing may have facilitated Gallus' fall in 353/4".[2] The "Panegyric In Honour Of Eusebia" by Julian the Apostate places the marriage of Eusebia, second wife of Constantius, prior to the defeat of rival emperor Magnentius. Magnentius was dead by August, 353. The marriage of Constantius and Eusebia may have occurred earlier in the year.[8]
References
- ISBN 0-521-52157-2, p. 107).
- ^ a b c d Thomas M. Banchich , "Gallus Caesar (15 March 351 - 354 A.D.)"
- ^ "The Works of the Emperor Julian", 1913 translation by Wilmer Cave Wright, vol. 2, pages 253-255]
- ^ a b c Michael DiMaio, Jr., "The Siblings of Constantine I"
- ^ Athanasius of Alexandria, "History of the Arians". Translation by Philip Schaff (1819-1893)
- ^ Eusebius of Caesarea , "Life of Constantine", Book 4, Chapter 49
- ^ Hans A. Pohlsander , "Constantine I (306 - 337 A.D.)"
- ^ Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J.R. (1971). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I: AD 260–395. Cambridge University Press. p. 300.