Flavia Maximiana Theodora

• Preferred Name: Flavia Maximiana Theodora^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LHGT-Q1F
  
• Birth: ABT 275 in Roma, Italy, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Death: BEF 337 in Roma, Italy, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Notes:

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  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 that she was born from an earlier marriage between Eutropia, wife of Maximian, and Afranius Hannibalianus.[1] This man was consul in 292 and praetorian prefect under Diocletian.
  
  Timothy Barnes challenges this view stating that all "stepdaughter sources" derive their information from the partially unreliable work Kaisergeschichte (written in the 4th century), while more reliable sources refer to Theodora as Maximian's natural daughter.[2] He concludes that she was born no later than c. 275 to an unnamed earlier wife of Maximian, possibly one of Hannibalianus' daughters.[3]
  
  Before 21 April 289,[4] Theodora married Flavius Valerius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena, to strengthen his political position. The couple had six children:
  
  Flavius Dalmatius;
  Julius Constantius, father of Roman emperor Julian and of the unnamed wife of Constantius II;
  Hannibalianus;
  Anastasia, who was to marry Bassianus;
  Flavia Julia Constantia, wife of Roman emperor Licinius;
  Eutropia, mother of Nepotianus.

• m. ABT 288

1. Title: Roman Emperors.org - Flavia Maximiana Theodora
   Author: Barnes, T.D . Constantine and Eusebius,, Cambridge, 1980. ________. New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine. Cambridge, 1981. Jones, A.H.M. J.R. Martindale, and J. Morris. "Theodora 1." the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, (Cambridge, 1971), 1.895. Copyright (C) 1996, Michael DiMaio, Jr. This file may be copied on the condition that the entire contents, including the header and this copyright notice, remain intact.
   Publication: Name: https://web.archive.org/web/20220304140050/http://www.roman-emperors.org/theodor.htm;
   Note: Theodora was the eldest daughter, or perhaps stepdaughter, of Maximianus Herculius and his wife Eutropia. In order to strengthen the dynastic relationship between himself and Herculius when Maximianus Herculius appointed him as his Caesar (junior emperor) in the west with the right of succession on 1 March 293, Constantius I put aside his wife Helena and married Theodora. She bore him six children: Flavius Dalmatius, Julius Constantius, Hannibalianus, Constantia, Anastasia, and Eutropia.
   
2. Title: Wikipedia - Flavia Maximianus Theodora
   Author: 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. ^ Barnes, New Empire, 33–34. ^ Barnes, New Empire, p. 37
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavia_Maximiana_Theodora;
   Note: Flavia Maximiana Theodora Bronze-Flavia Maximiana Theodora-trier RIC 65.jpg Flavia Maximiana Theodora. On the reverse, the goddess Pietas. Roman empress Tenure 305–306 Born c. 275 Died before 337 Spouse Constantius Chlorus Issue Flavius Dalmatius Julius Constantius Hannibalianus Anastasia Flavia Julia Constantia Eutropia Father Uncertain, perhaps Afranius Hannibalianus or Emperor Maximian Mother Uncertain, perhaps Eutropia 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 that she was born from an earlier marriage between Eutropia, wife of Maximian, and Afranius Hannibalianus.[1] This man was consul in 292 and praetorian prefect under Diocletian. Timothy Barnes challenges this view stating that all "stepdaughter sources" derive their information from the partially unreliable work Kaisergeschichte (written in the 4th century), while more reliable sources refer to Theodora as Maximian's natural daughter.[2] He concludes that she was born no later than c. 275 to an unnamed earlier wife of Maximian, possibly one of Hannibalianus' daughters.[3] Before 21 April 289,[4] Theodora married Flavius Valerius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena, to strengthen his political position. The couple had six children: Flavius Dalmatius; Julius Constantius, father of Roman emperor Julian and of the unnamed wife of Constantius II; Hannibalianus; Anastasia, who was to marry Bassianus; Flavia Julia Constantia, wife of Roman emperor Licinius; Eutropia, mother of Nepotianus.