Eutropia (princess)

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Eutropia (died 350) was the daughter of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus and of Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and therefore half-sister of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was the mother of Nepotianus, who later became a short-lived Roman usurper, when Magnentius was proclaimed emperor in 350. After a period of twenty-eight days in early June 350, Nepotianus was killed, probably alongside his mother.

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