:''This article deals with the
censor. For the
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a 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 a civil war, an ...
(335-337) Flavius Dalmatius, son of the censor, see
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Flavius Dalmatius Caesar (his name is often spell ...
.
Flavius Dalmatius (died 337), also known as Dalmatius the Censor, was a
censor (333), and a member of the
Constantinian dynasty
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, which ruled over the
Roman Empire
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at the beginning of the 4th century.
Dalmatius was the son of
Constantius 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 ...
and
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 ...
, and thus half-brother of the Emperor
Constantine I
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 ...
.
Dalmatius spent his youth in the
Gallic Tolosa. It is probable that his two sons,
Dalmatius :''This article deals with the Caesar (335-337). For the censor Flavius Dalmatius, father of the caesar, see Flavius Dalmatius. For saints with this name, see Saint Dalmatius (disambiguation).''
Flavius Dalmatius Caesar (his name is often spell ...
and
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 Cons ...
, were born here. During the mid-320s, Flavius Dalmatius returned to
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...
, to the court of his half-brother, and was appointed consul and censor in 333.
In
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
, Flavius was responsible for the security of the eastern borders of the realm. During this period, he examined the case of bishop
Athanasius of Alexandria, an important opponent of
Arianism, who was accused of murder. In 334, Flavius suppressed the revolt of
Calocaerus
Calocaerus (–334 AD) was a Roman usurper against Emperor Constantine I, who, in 334 AD, staged a short lived revolt in Cyprus. His revolt was quickly put down, and he was executed along with his commanders, by being burned alive.
History
Before ...
, who had proclaimed himself emperor in
Cyprus
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. In the following year he sent some soldiers to the council of Tyros to save the life of Athanasius.
His two sons were appointed to important offices under Constantine's administration, but Flavius Dalmatius and his sons were killed in the purges that followed the Emperor's death in May 337.
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