Flavia Julia Constantia
Born: Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy,
Died: Romano, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
<p>Flavia Julia Constantia, (after 293 – c. 330), was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife, Flavia Maximiana Theodora.<br>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 Mediolanum. She bore a son, Valerius Licinianus Licinius, in 315, and when the struggle between Constantine and Licinius began in 316, she stayed on her husband's side. A second war started between the two emperors in 324; after Licinius' defeat, Constantia interceded with Constantine for her husband's life. Constantine spared Licinius life, and obliged him to live in Thessalonica as a private citizen, but the following year (325), he ordered that Licinius be killed. A second blow for Constantia was the death, also by order of Constantine, of her son Licinianus. The loss of both husband and son must have been a severe blow to Constantia and must have strained her relationship to Constantine. </p><p>Nevertheless she occupied a position of honor and influence at Constantine's court, held the rank of nobilissima femina, and received Constantine's loving attention; Constantine was at her side when she died ca, 330, before reaching the age of forty. We do not know when, where, or how Constantia first embraced Christianity. We do know that Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia from ca. 317 on, wielded considerable influence at court. On one occasion Constantia exchanged letters with the other Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea. Jerome, Rufinus, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret, while not in full agreement on some of the details, all report that she was a defender of the person and doctrine of Arius. She also attended the Council of Nicaea, where she counseled the representatives of the Arian party.</p><p>The city of Constanţa is named after her.</p><p><strong>References</strong><br><br> * Constantia, at De Imperatoribus Romanis</p><p><strong>Source</strong>--</p><strong><em>An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors </em></strong>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<p> </p>
<font size="5" color="#000000">Flavia Julia Constantia</font><div><p><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><strong>Flavia Julia Constantia</strong>, (after 293 – c. 330), was the daughter of the </font></font><font size="3" color="#000000">Roman Emperor</font><font size="3" color="#000000"> </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Constantius Chlorus</font><font size="3" color="#000000"> and his second wife, </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Flavia Maximiana Theodora</font><font size="3" color="#000000">.</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#000000">In 313, Emperor </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Constantine I</font><font size="3" color="#000000">, who was half-brother of Constantia, gave her in marriage to his co-emperor </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Licinius</font><font size="3" color="#000000">, on occasion of their meeting in </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Mediolanum</font><font size="3" color="#000000">. She bore a son, </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Valerius Licinianus Licinius</font><font size="3" color="#000000">, in 315, and when the struggle between Constantine and Licinius began in 316, she stayed on her husband's side. A second war started between the two emperors in 324; after Licinius' defeat, Constantia interceded with Constantine for her husband's life. Constantine spared Licinius life, and obliged him to live in </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Thessalonica</font><font size="3" color="#000000"> as a private citizen, but the following year (325), he ordered that Licinius be killed. A second blow for Constantia was the death, also by order of Constantine, of her son </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Licinius the Younger</font><font size="3" color="#000000">.</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#000000">In the following years, Constantia lived at her brother's court, receiving honors (her title was <em>nobilissima femina</em>). She converted to </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Christianity</font><font size="3" color="#000000">,<sup><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup> supporting the </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Arian</font><font size="3" color="#000000"> party at the </font><font size="3" color="#000000">First Council of Nicaea</font><font size="3"><font color="#000000"> (325).<sup><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></sup></font></font></p><p><font size="3" color="#000000">The city of </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Constanţa</font><font size="3" color="#000000">, </font><font size="3" color="#000000">Romania</font><font size="3" color="#000000"> is named after her.</font></p></div>