Nepotianus
Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Roman emperor Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian,<ref name="DiMaio">Template:Cite web</ref> was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire. He ruled the city of Rome for twenty-eight days, before being killed by his rival usurper Magnentius's general Marcellinus.<ref name = DiMaio/>
Background
Nepotianus was the son of Eutropia, half-sister of Emperor Constantine I,<ref name = Eutropius>Eutropius Template:Usurped</ref> and of Virius Nepotianus. On his mother's side, he was the grandson of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora.<ref name=":0" />
Events
After the revolt of Magnentius, Nepotianus proclaimed himself emperor and entered Rome with a band of gladiators<ref name =Eutropius/> on 3 June 350.<ref name = DiMaio/> After attempting to resist Nepotianus with an undisciplined force of Roman citizens, the defeated praefectus urbi Titianus (or Anicius, or Anicetus), a supporter of Magnentius, fled the city.
Magnentius quickly dealt with this revolt<ref name =Eutropius/> by sending his trusted magister officiorum Marcellinus to Rome. According to Eutropius, Nepotianus was killed in the resulting struggle (on 30 June), his head put on a lance and borne around the city.<ref name =Eutropius/> In the following days, his mother Eutropia was also killed alongside the supporters of Nepotianus.<ref name=":0">Pauly-Wissowa, Eutropia 2</ref>
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References
- Aurelius Victor De Caesaribus 42.6, Epitome 42.3
- Zosimus, ii.59