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Nepotian
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Nepotian, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Nepotian *** Latin Roman Name:
Flavius Julius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus *** Reigned as Roman Emperor /
Caesar:
Reign 3 - 30 June 350 in competition with
Magnentius *** Dynasty / Historical Period:
The Constantinian dynasty (285 - 364) also called Neo-Flavian
because every Constantinian emperor bore the name Flavius *** Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father: Virius Nepotianus *** Name of Mother: Eutropia, the
daughter of Constantius Chlorus
Place and Date of Death:
Died 30 June 350 in Rome
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Nepotianus was the son of Eutropia, half-sister of Emperor
Constantine I, and the grandson of Emperor Constantius
Chlorus. The Emperor
Constans was
put to death by
Magnentius, an
ambitious soldier, who at once assumed the name of emperor.
Magnentius gained power Britannia, Gaul, Hispania, Italia
and Africa. When Magnentius was proclaimed emperor in 350
Nepotian was acclaimed emperor on 3 June 350.
Constantius II was far too
occupied with problems in Persia, to react immediately to
the murder of his brother, Constans, and the only practical
opposition to Magnentius came from Julius Nepotian a cousin
of Constantius and a member of the Constantinian dynasty. On
the 3rd June 350, Julius Nepotian backed by his mother
Eutropia, declared himself emperor in Rome. Nepotian
realised that force was required to defeat the force led by
the praetorian prefect Anicetus. He therefore paid for the
services of fierce gladiators together with disaffected
rabble and with their help defeated the troops and seized
control of the senate. However, just twenty-eight days
later, on the 30th June, Marcellinus, a trusted commander of
Magnetius, appeared in Rome with a force to crush the revolt
of Nepotian. Julius Nepotian was killed, and his head placed
on a spear and paraded around Rome to the delight of many
Romans. After the death of Constantine the Great his sons
had wreaked havoc with the reputation of the Imperial
family. And the current Emperor Constantius II was the worse
of all the brothers. The Constantinian dynasty was therefore
not popular. This resulted in a bloodbath of any members or
supporters of the family who were living in Rome and
included Nepotian's mother Eutropia.
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