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Flavius Iulius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus (died
30 June 350) was a member of the
Constantinian dynasty, and 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' general
Marcellinus.
Background
Nepotianus was the son of
Eutropia, half-sister of Emperor
Constantine I, and of
Virius Nepotianus. On his mother's side, he was the grandson of Emperor
Constantius Chlorus and
Flavia Maximiana Theodora.
Events
After the revolt of
Magnentius, Nepotianus proclaimed himself "emperor" and entered Rome with a band of
gladiators on
3 June 350. 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 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 brought around the city. In the following days, his mother Eutropia was also killed, during the persecution of the supporters of Nepotianus, most of whom were senators.
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