Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val1.1

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[1] Diocletian ruled with Herculius¹ Maximianus for twenty years.

[2] Constantius,² grandson of the brother of that best of emperors Claudius,³ was first one of the emperor’s bodyguard, then a tribune, and later, governor of Dalmatia.⁴ With Galerius he was appointed Caesar by Diocletian⁵ ; for he put away his former wife Helena and married Theodora, daughter of Maximianus, by whom he afterwards had six children,⁶ brothers of Constantine. But by his former wife Helena he already had a son Constantine, who was later the mightiest of emperors.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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History (English) (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[1] Diocletianus cum Herculio Maximiano imperavit annos XX.

[2] Constantius, divi Claudii optimi principis nepos ex fratre, protector primum, inde tribunus,¹ postea praeses Dalmatiarum fuit. Iste cum Galerio a Diocletiano Caesar factus est. Relicta enim Helena priore uxore, filiam Maximiani Theodoram duxit uxorem, ex qua postea sex liberos Constantini fratres habuit. Sed de priore uxore Helena filium iam Constantinum habuit, qui postea princeps potentissimus fuit.

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1. This name was conferred on Maximianus by Diocletian.

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

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

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

5. In 292.

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

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val1.1

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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