Anastasia (sister of Constantine I)

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

Anastasia
Born	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] [2]} 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 (Koinē Greek : Ἀναστασία, romanized: Anastasía, lit.  'resurrection') may indicate a sympathy on her father's part towards Christian culture. ^[4]

References

1. 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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3. 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. Vol. 2. London: Baldwin and Cradock, J. Dowding. p. ANA.
4. Gregory, Timothy E. (2005) [1991], Kazhdan, Alexander P. (ed.), "Constantius Chlorus" , The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195046526.001.0001, ISBN   978-0-19-504652-6 , retrieved 2020-08-25