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[2] Constantius, 1 grandson of the brother of that best of emperors Claudius, 2 was first one of the emperor's bodyguard, then a tribune, and later, governor of Dalmatia. 3 With Galerius he was appointed Caesar by Diocletian 4 ; for he put away his former wife Helena and married Theodora, daughter of Maximianus, by whom he afterwards had six children, 5 brothers of Constantine. But by his former wife Helena he already had a son Constantine, who was later the mightiest of emperors.

1 Constantius Chlorus, father of Constantine, emperor 305–306.

2 Claudius II.; his mother was Claudia, daughter of Crispus, brother of Claudius II; cf. Eutr. ix. 22; Hieron. a. Abr. 2307.

3 Under the emperor Carus, who wished to make him Caesar in place of his own brother Carinus.

4 In 292.

5 Three sons: Dalmatius, Julius Constantius, and Hannibalianus; and three daughters: Constantia, Anastasia, and Eutropia.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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