Anastasia (sister of Constantine I)

This article is about the 4th-century Roman woman. For other women of this name, see Anastasia § People.

Anastasia was the daughter of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and half sister of Emperor Constantine I.[1] Anastasia was associated with a plot to assassinate Constantine. Her husband, Bassianus, was found to be plotting against Constantine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Crabb, George (1833). Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places: in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics : illustrated by very numerous portraits and medallic cuts. London: Baldwin and Cradock, J. Dowding. p. "ANA".
  2. ↑ Lightman, Marjorie; Lightman, Benjamin (2008). A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women (Rev. ed.). New York: Facts On File. p. 20. ISBN 9780816067107.


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