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
Bornafter 293
SpouseBassianus
DynastyConstantinian
FatherConstantius I
MotherTheodora

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]

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