:''This article deals with the

Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caes ...

(335-337). For the censor Flavius Dalmatius, father of the caesar, see

Flavius Dalmatius :''This article deals with the censor. For the Caesar (335-337) Flavius Dalmatius, son of the censor, see Dalmatius. Flavius Dalmatius (died 337), also known as Dalmatius the Censor, was a censor (333), and a member of the Constantinian dynasty, ...

. For saints with this name, see

Saint Dalmatius (disambiguation) Saint Dalmatius may refer to: *Dalmatius of Constantinople (d. 440 AD), saint venerated in Constantinople *Dalmatius of Pavia (d. 254 or 304 AD), venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church *Dalmatius of Rodez Saint Dalmatius of Rodez (frenc ...

.'' Flavius Dalmatius Caesar (his name is often spelled Delmatius on contemporary coins; died 337) Potter, David. (2008) ''Emperors of Rome: Imperial Rome from Julius Caesar to the last emperor''. London: Quercus, p. 195. was a

(335–337) of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

, and member of the

Constantinian dynasty The Constantinian dynasty is an informal name for the ruling family of the Roman Empire from Constantius Chlorus (died 306) to the death of Julian in 363. It is named after its most famous member, Constantine the Great, who became the sole rule ...

. Dalmatius was the nephew of

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

. His father, also named

, was the half-brother of Constantine and served as censor. Dalmatius and his brother

Hannibalianus __NOTOC__ Flavius Hannibalianus (also Hanniballianus; died September 337) was a member of the Constantinian dynasty, which ruled over the Roman Empire in the 4th century AD. Hannibalianus was the son of Flavius Dalmatius, and thus nephew of Const ...

were educated at Tolosa (

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

) by rhetor

Exuperius Saint Exuperius (also Exsuperius) (french: Saint Exupéry, Saint Soupire) (died c. 410) was Bishop of Toulouse at the beginning of the 5th century. Life His place and date of birth are unknown. Upon succeeding Saint Sylvius as bishop of Toulous ...

On 18 September 335, he was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, with the control of

Thracia Thracia or Thrace ( ''Thrakē'') is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

and Macedonia. Dalmatius died in late summer 337, killed by his own soldiers. It is possible that his death was related to the purge that hit the imperial family at the death of Constantine, and organized by

Constantius II Constantius II (Latin: ''Flavius Julius Constantius''; grc-gre, Κωνστάντιος; 7 August 317 – 3 November 361) was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germani ...

with the aim of removing any possible claimant to imperial power other than the sons of the late emperor.

References and sources

;References ;Sources
DiMaio, Michael, "Dalmatius Caesar (335-337 A.D)", in ''DIR''
* * {{cite journal , last=Marcos , year=2014 , first=Moysés , title=Constantine, Dalmatius Caesar, and the Summer of A.D. 337 , journal=Latomus , volume=73 , issue=3 , pages=748–774 , issn=0023-8856 , jstor=24858587 , ref={{sfnref, Marcos 337 deaths 4th-century murdered monarchs Constantinian dynasty Flavii Year of birth unknown Caesars (heirs apparent)

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