Basilina | |
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Born | Asia Minor |
Died | 332/333 |
Spouse | Julius Constantius |
Issue | Julian |
Dynasty | Constantinian |
Father | Julius Julianus |
Basilina ( Greek: Βασιλίνα; died 332/333 [1] [2]) was the wife of Julius Constantius and the mother of the Roman emperor Julian (r. 361–363) who in her honour gave the name Basilinopolis to a city in Bithynia (modern Pazarköy near Gemlik, in Turkey). [2]
Basilina was of Greek descent born in Asia Minor. [3] [4] She was either the daughter of Caeionius Iulianus Camenius, [5] or more likely of Julius Julianus, [1] [2] and received a classical education (i.e., Homer and Hesiod) from Mardonius, a eunuch who grew up in the house of her father. [1] She had a sister who became the mother of Procopius. [6] She was a relative of Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, her son's tutor.[ citation needed]
She became the second wife of Julius Constantius, whom she gave Julian; [2] Basilina died a few months after childbirth. [1] [2] A Christian, Basilina initially favoured the Arians, but gave her lands as an inheritance to the church of Ephesus. [2]
Basilina | |
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Born | Asia Minor |
Died | 332/333 |
Spouse | Julius Constantius |
Issue | Julian |
Dynasty | Constantinian |
Father | Julius Julianus |
Basilina ( Greek: Βασιλίνα; died 332/333 [1] [2]) was the wife of Julius Constantius and the mother of the Roman emperor Julian (r. 361–363) who in her honour gave the name Basilinopolis to a city in Bithynia (modern Pazarköy near Gemlik, in Turkey). [2]
Basilina was of Greek descent born in Asia Minor. [3] [4] She was either the daughter of Caeionius Iulianus Camenius, [5] or more likely of Julius Julianus, [1] [2] and received a classical education (i.e., Homer and Hesiod) from Mardonius, a eunuch who grew up in the house of her father. [1] She had a sister who became the mother of Procopius. [6] She was a relative of Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, her son's tutor.[ citation needed]
She became the second wife of Julius Constantius, whom she gave Julian; [2] Basilina died a few months after childbirth. [1] [2] A Christian, Basilina initially favoured the Arians, but gave her lands as an inheritance to the church of Ephesus. [2]