Anastasia (sister of Constantine I) explained

Anastasia
Birth Date:after 293
Spouse:Bassianus
Dynasty:Constantinian
Father:Constantius I
Mother:Theodora

Anastasia was a daughter of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and half sister of Emperor Constantine I.[1] [2] She was married to a senator, Bassianus, who was found to be plotting against Constantine and executed in the year 316 CE.[1] After Bassianus' death, Anastasia largely disappears from the record. The public baths at Constantinople may he been named after her, though this is unclear.[3] The name Anastasia may indicate a sympathy on her father's part towards Christian culture.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lightman, Marjorie. A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women. limited. 2008. Facts On File. New York. 9780816067107. 20. Rev.. Lightman, Benjamin.
  2. Book: James, Liz . Mosaics, Empresses and Other Things in Byzantium: Art and Culture 330 – 1453 . 2024-08-01 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-040-09800-4 . en.
  3. Book: Crabb, George. 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. 2. 1833. Baldwin and Cradock, J. Dowding. London. ANA.