Eutropia (died after 325), a woman of
Syrian origin, was the wife of
Emperor
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
Maximian.
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. 280–312), who was
Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312 and a girl,
Fausta (c. 290), who was wife 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 convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...
, and mother of six children by him, including the
Augusti Constantine II,
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 Germanic ...
and
Constans
Flavius Julius Constans ( 323 – 350), sometimes called Constans I, was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He held the imperial rank of '' caesar'' from 333, and was the youngest son of Constantine the Great.
After his father's death, he was mad ...
.
Another daughter?
There is some doubt as to whether
Flavia Maximiana Theodora
Flavia Maximiana Theodora (c. 275 – before 337) was a Roman empress, wife of Constantius Chlorus.
She is often referred to as a stepdaughter of Emperor Maximian by ancient sources, leading to claims by historians Otto Seeck and Ernest Stein tha ...
, who married
Constantius I Chlorus
Flavius Valerius Constantius "Chlorus" ( – 25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was Roman emperor from 305 to 306. He was one of the four original members of the Tetrarchy established by Diocletian, first serving as caesar from 293 t ...
, was a daughter of Eutropia by an earlier husband,
Afranius Hannibalianus or whether she was a daughter of
Maximian by an earlier anonymous wife.
[''Origo Constantini'' 2; ]Philostorgius
Philostorgius ( grc-gre, Φιλοστόργιος; 368 – c. 439 AD) was an Anomoean Church historian of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Very little information about his life is available. He was born in Borissus, Cappadocia to Eulampia and Car ...
, ''Historia Ecclesiastica'' 2.16a, quoted in Barnes, ''New Empire'', 33. See also ''Panegyrici Latini'' 10(2)11.4.
Footnotes
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.
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3rd-century Roman empresses
4th-century Roman empresses
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4th-century deaths
Romans from unknown gentes