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agreed with the idea of Theodora being Maximian's biological daughter, she also observed that Barnes' theory does not explain why one of Theodora's daughters was named Eutropia. She believes that Theodora was the daughter of both Maximian and Eutropia. She agrees with Barnes that the "stepdaughter
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sources" are the result of later Constantinian propaganda, but argues that Afranius was instead Eutropia's brother, thus explaining why Theordora named one of her daughter Eutropia, and one of her sons Hannibalianus.
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for. Constantine's successors proceeded to print coins of Theodora, presumably in an attempt to distance themselves from the massacre.
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After the death of her stepson Constantine, several of her male descendants were massacred, which Julian explicitly blamed
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challenges this view, arguing that all "stepdaughter sources" derive their information from the hypothetical 4th century
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In 293, Theodora married Constantius Chlorus, the junior co-emperor of Maximian, after he had set aside
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indicates a consort to an emperor variously regarded as either legitimate or a usurper, and
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Woods, David (2011). "Numismatic Evidence and the Succession to Constantine I".
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and Ernest Stein that she was born from an earlier marriage between
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Julian, "Letter to the senate and people of Athens", 270.
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Flavia Maximiana Theodora. On the reverse, the goddess
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She is often referred to as a stepdaughter of Emperor
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by ancient sources, leading to claims by historians
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Index


Pietas
Roman empress
Constantius Chlorus
Issue
Flavius Dalmatius
Julius Constantius
Anastasia
Flavia Julia Constantia
Eutropia
Dynasty
Constantinian
Afranius Hannibalianus
Maximian
Eutropia
Constantius Chlorus
Maximian
Otto Seeck
Eutropia
Afranius Hannibalianus
consul
praetorian prefect
Diocletian
Timothy Barnes
Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte
Julia Hillner
Helena
Constantine
Julius Constantius
Julian

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