
Flavia Maximiana Theodora. On the reverse, the goddess ''
Pietas'', as goddess of the family.
'Flavia Maximiana Theodora' (known as Theodora) was the step-daughter of
Maximian. Her parents were Afanius Hannibalianus and Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was
consul in
292, and
praetorian prefect under
Diocletian. In
293, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius 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;
★ Hannibalianus (must have died before the imperial purges that occurred in
337 because he is not listed among its victims);
★
Anastasia;
★
Flavia Julia Constantia, wife of
Roman Emperor Licinius;
★
Eutropia, mother of
Nepotianus.
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