Dalmatius

This article deals with the Caesar (335-337). For the censor Flavius Dalmatius, father of the caesar, see Flavius Dalmatius. For saints with this name, see Saint Dalmatius (disambiguation).
Caesar
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DiedJune 337DynastyConstantinianFatherDalmatius the Censor

Flavius Dalmatius (died June 337),[1] often spelled Delmatius on contemporary coins, was a caesar of the Roman Empire from 335 to 337, and member of the Constantinian dynasty.

Dalmatius was the nephew of Constantine the Great. His father, also named Flavius Dalmatius, was the half-brother of Constantine and served as censor. Dalmatius and his brother Hannibalianus were educated at Tolosa (Toulouse) by rhetor Exuperius.

Division of the Empire among the Caesars appointed by Constantine I: from west to east, the territories of Constantine II, Constans I, Dalmatius and Constantius II. After the death of Constantine I (May 337), Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.

On 18 September 335, he was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, with the control of Thracia, Achaea and Macedonia. Dalmatius died in late summer 337, killed by his own soldiers. It is possible that his death was related to the purge that hit the imperial family at the death of Constantine, and organized by Constantius II with the aim of removing any possible claimant to imperial power other than the sons of the late emperor.

See also

  • Constantinian dynasty

References and sources

References
  1. ^ Doležal, Stanislav (2022). The Reign of Constantine, 306–337: Continuity and Change in the Late Roman Empire. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-97464-0.
Sources
  • DiMaio, Michael (1996). "Dalmatius Caesar (335-337 A.D)", De Imperatoribus Romanis
  • Jones, A.H.M.; J.R. Martindale & J. Morris (1971). "Fl. Iulius Dalmatius 7". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. 1. CUP. p. 241. ISBN 0-521-07233-6.
  • Marcos, Moysés (2014). "Constantine, Dalmatius Caesar, and the Summer of A.D. 337". Latomus. 73 (3): 748–774. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 24858587.