Eusebius_(consul_347)

Eusebius (consul 347)

Eusebius (consul 347)

Roman consul

Flavius Eusebius (died c. AD 350) was a Roman military officer and politician. He is usually identified as the father of Eusebia, and consequently as the posthumous father-in-law of the Roman emperor Constantius II.

Biography

Born in Thessalonica to a family of Macedonian descent, Eusebius served prior to AD 347 as the Magister equitum et peditum in the east, probably under the emperor Constantius II.[1] During his time as military commander, he intervened in Armenia, possibly to suppress the revolt of Bacour.[2]

After he had retired from this post, he held the rank of Comes and was made consul posterior alongside Vulcacius Rufinus in AD 347.

Eusebius was probably a Christian.[3] He had at least three children: his sons Flavius Eusebius and Flavius Hypatius held the consulship together in AD 359, and his daughter Eusebia married Emperor Constantius II after her father had died.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Martindale & Jones, pgs. 307-308
  2. [2]
    Michael H. Dodgeon, Samuel N. C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (AD 226-363): A Documentary History (1994), pg. 338
  3. [3]
    Barnes, T. D., Christians and Pagans under Constantius in L'Eglise et L'Empire au IV Siecle (1989), pg. 317
  4. [4]
    Martindale and Jones, pg. 308

Sources

  • Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
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