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Sons of Roman emperors

  • Constantine II (emperor)A young boy named Constantine arrived in the city of Arles during the year 316. He was the second son born to Emperor Constantine I and his wife Fausta.
  • HostilianGaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus entered the world at an unknown date, born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla. His full name included Perpenna or…
  • Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius entered the world on the 31st of March, though historians cannot name his birth year. His career and the age of his eldest son…
  • Constantine the GreatOn the 27th of February 272, a boy named Constantine was born inside the city of Naissus. This settlement sat within Dardania, part of the province Moesia…
  • CaracallaLucius Septimius Bassianus entered the world on the 4th of April 188 in the city of Lugdunum, Gaul. This location is now known as Lyon, France.
  • GallienusPublius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus entered the world around 218 AD, born into a wealthy senatorial family in Falerii, an ancient city in Etruria.
  • DomitianDomitian entered the world on the 24th of October 51 in Rome. He was the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus and Flavia Domitilla Major.
  • Gordian IIMarcus Antonius Gordianus was born in 192 to a family with deep roots in the Roman Republic. His praenomen and nomen suggest his ancestors received…
  • ArcadiusA young boy named Arcadius stood in Hispania during the year 377. He was born as the eldest son of Emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.
  • TitusTitus Flavius Vespasianus entered the world on the 30th of December 39 AD in Rome. His family name was Flavia, a gens that rose from obscurity to imperial…
  • CommodusOn the 31st of August AD 161, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus drew his first breath in Lanuvium, a town nestled near Rome.
  • BritannicusTiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus arrived in Rome on the 12th of February AD 41. His father, Emperor Claudius, had been reigning for less than a month…
  • GermanicusGermanicus Julius Caesar entered the world on the 24th of May 15 BC in Rome. He was born to Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, placing him at the heart…
  • HonoriusHonorius entered the world on the 9th of September 384 within the marble halls of Constantinople. He was the younger son of Emperor Theodosius I and his…
  • MaxentiusMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius entered the world in 283 as the son of Emperor Maximian and his Syrian wife Eutropia.