Eutropia
Eutropia (died after 325), a woman of Syrian origin, was the wife of Emperor Maximian.
| Eutropia | |||||
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| Augusta of the Western Roman Empire | |||||
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| Empress of the Roman Empire | |||||
| Tenure | 286–305 (concurrently with Prisca) | ||||
| Predecessor | Prisca | ||||
| Successor | Galeria Valeria / Flavia Maximiana Theodora | ||||
| Empress Mother of the Roman Empire | |||||
| Tenure | 306-312 | ||||
| Predecessor | Cornelia Salonina | ||||
| Successor | Marina Severa | ||||
| Spouse | Afranius Hannibalianus, then Emperor Maximian | ||||
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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. 276-312), who was Western Roman Emperor from 306–312 and a girl, Fausta (c. 290), who was wife of Constantine the Great, and mother of six children by him, including the Augusti Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans.
Another daughter?
There is some doubt as to whether Flavia Maximiana Theodora, who married Constantius I Chlorus, was a daughter of Eutropia by an earlier husband, Afranius Hannibalianus[1] or whether she was a daughter of Maximian by an earlier anonymous wife.[2]
Footnotes
- Aurelius Victor, Epitome de Caesaribus 39.25; Eutropius, Breviaria 9.22; Jerome, Chronicle 225g; Epitome de Caesaribus 39.2, 40.12, quoted in Timothy 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.
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 0-7837-2221-4
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| Preceded by Prisca |
Empress of Rome 286–305 with Prisca (286–305) |
Succeeded by Galeria Valeria (wife of Galerius) |
| Succeeded by Flavia Maximiana Theodora (wife of Constantius Chlorus) | ||
| Preceded by Cornelia Salonina |
Empress-Mother of Rome 306–312 |
Succeeded by Marina Severa |
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