Eutropia (daughter of Constantius I)

Eutropia (* before 306; † 350/351) was a late antique empress of the Constantinian dynasty .

Eutropia was the daughter of Emperor Constantius I and his wife Theodora . Her siblings were Julius Constantius , Flavius ​​Dalmatius , Flavius ​​Hannibalianus , Flavia Iulia Constantia and Anastasia ; Emperor Constantine the Great was her half-brother. Little is known about Eutropia's life except that she was the mother of Flavius ​​Popilius Nepotianus . He was proclaimed emperor on June 2, 350 in Rome against the usurper Magnentius , who ruled the west of the empire. From the name of her son it can be concluded that the father was probably Virius Nepotianus , the consul of the year 336. After her son died in the battle against Magnentius, Eutropia was also executed.

literature

• Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Eutropia 2. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 316.
• Otto Seeck : Eutropia 2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1519.

Remarks

1. ↑ Cf. e.g. Eutropius 9.22.1.
2. ↑ Zosimos 2,43,2; Epitome de Caesaribus 42.3; Aurelius Victor , Liber de Caesaribus 42.6; Eutropius 10:11, 2.
3. ↑ Seeck, in: RE VI, 1, Sp. 1519 mistakenly considers the consul of the same name from 301 to be the father, cf. but PLRE I, p. 316, 625 ( Virius Nepotianus 7 ).
4. ^ Athanasius , Apologia ad Constantium 6; Julian , speech 2,58d.