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Regnal name
	Flavius Julius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus

Nepotianus
Nepotianus
	Nepotianus on a coin bearing ; his claimed title of Augustus
Roman emperor (usurper)
Reign	3–30 June 350 ; (in competition with Magnentius)
Died	30 June 350; Rome
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Flavius Julius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus
Dynasty	Constantinian
Father	Virius Nepotianus
Mother	Eutropia

Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian,^[1] was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as 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.^[1]

Background

Nepotianus was the son of Eutropia, half-sister of Emperor Constantine I,^[4] and of Virius Nepotianus. On his mother's side, he was the grandson of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and Flavia Maximiana Theodora.^[5]

Events

After the revolt of Magnentius, Nepotianus proclaimed himself emperor and entered Rome with a band of gladiators^[4] on 3 June 350.^[1] 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^[4] 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 borne around the city.^[4] In the following days, his mother Eutropia was also killed alongside the supporters of Nepotianus.^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "DiMaio, Michael, "Nepotian (350 A.D.)", "DIR"". Roman-emperors.org. 6 August 1996. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ Sear, David (2014). Roman Coins. Spink & Son. pp. 255–256.
^ Coins refer to him as either "Flavius Julius Nepotianus", "Flavius Popilius Nepotianus" or "Flavius Nepotianus Constantinus".^[2]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eutropius x.11^[usurped]
^ ^a ^b Pauly-Wissowa, Eutropia 2