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, as goddess of the family.]]

Flavia Maximiana Theodora (known as Theodora) was the stepdaughter of Maximian
Maximian

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius , commonly referred to as Maximian, was Caesar from July 285 and Augustus from April 1, 286 to May 1, 305....
. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia
Eutropia

Eutropia the wife of Roman Emperor Maximian.She was of Syrian origin. They had two children, Maxentius and Fausta, while elder daughters Flavia Maximiana Theodora and N, wife of Julius Julianus and mother of Julianus, and sons Eusebius and Afranius were the product of a previous marriage, divorced before 283, of Eutropia to Flavius Afrani...
, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292
292

Events...
, and praetorian prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 under Diocletian
Diocletian

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305....
. In 293
293

Events...
, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus
Constantius Chlorus

Flavius Valerius Constantius , also Constantius I, was an Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He was commonly called Chlorus an epithet given to him by Byzantine Empire historians....
), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena
Helena of Constantinople

Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I....
, to strengthen his political position.

The couple had six children:










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, as goddess of the family.]]

Flavia Maximiana Theodora (known as Theodora) was the stepdaughter of Maximian
Maximian

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius , commonly referred to as Maximian, was Caesar from July 285 and Augustus from April 1, 286 to May 1, 305....
. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia
Eutropia

Eutropia the wife of Roman Emperor Maximian.She was of Syrian origin. They had two children, Maxentius and Fausta, while elder daughters Flavia Maximiana Theodora and N, wife of Julius Julianus and mother of Julianus, and sons Eusebius and Afranius were the product of a previous marriage, divorced before 283, of Eutropia to Flavius Afrani...
, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292
292

Events...
, and praetorian prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 under Diocletian
Diocletian

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305....
. In 293
293

Events...
, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus
Constantius Chlorus

Flavius Valerius Constantius , also Constantius I, was an Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He was commonly called Chlorus an epithet given to him by Byzantine Empire historians....
), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena
Helena of Constantinople

Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I....
, to strengthen his political position.

The couple had six children:

  • Flavius Dalmatius
    Flavius Dalmatius

    Flavius Dalmatius , also known as Dalmatius the Censor, was a censor , and a member of the Constantinian dynasty, which ruled over the Roman Empire at the beginning of the 4th century....
    ;
  • Julius Constantius
    Julius Constantius

    Flavius Julius Constantius was a son of Western Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife Flavia Maximiana Theodora. He was a younger half-brother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great....
    , father of Roman Emperor
    Roman Emperor

    The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
     Julian
    Julian the Apostate

    Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate , was Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and expended much energy during his reign attempting to supplant the growing power of Christianity within the empire with officially revived Religion in ancient Rom...
    ;
  • Hannibalianus (must have died before the imperial purges that occurred in 337
    337

    Events...
     because he is not listed among its victims);
  • Anastasia
    Anastasia (4th century)

    Anastasia was the daughter of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and thus sister to Emperor Constantine I, who proposed marrying her to form an alliance with Bassianus ....
    ;
  • Flavia Julia Constantia
    Flavia Julia Constantia

    Flavia Julia Constantia, , was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife, Flavia Maximiana Theodora.In 313, Emperor Constantine I, who was half-brother of Constantia, gave her in marriage to his co-emperor Licinius, on occasion of their meeting in Milan....
    , wife of Roman Emperor
    Roman Emperor

    The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
     Licinius
    Licinius

    Valerius Licinianus Licinius was Roman emperor from 308 to 324.Of Dacian peasant origin, born in Moesia Superior, Licinius accompanied his close childhood friend, the Emperor Galerius, on the Persian expedition in 297....
    ;
  • Eutropia
    Eutropia (princess)

    Eutropia was the daughter of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and of Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and therefore half-sister of Emperor Constantine I....
    , mother of Nepotianus
    Nepotianus

    Flavius Iulius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus , commonly Nepotian, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty, and a short-lived Roman usurper of the Roman Empire....
    .


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