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Offline Heliodromus

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Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« on: April 07, 2021, 01:23:11 pm »
I saw someone over on CoinTalk asking for a family tree of Constantine, and oddly there really doesn't seem to be a decent one online, so here's one I recently put together myself - feel free to use it for whatever use you like.

The green triangles, and lines, represent marriages. It's a slightly unusual format I realize, but given the oddities of the relationships (e.g. Constantine's wife Fausta being half-sister to his step-mother Theodora!) I couldn't find any online family tree software that would work, so had to use GraphViz. It took quite a bit of work to untangle into a clean layout without crossed lines!

Note that Delmatius' name is really Flavius Dalmatius, same as his father (aka Dalmatius the censor), but I stuck with Delmatius since that's how he's normally known.

I've omitted a few known siblings that don't play any role in the tetrarchy, specifically Valeria Maximilla's brother Candidianus, and Constantius's additional children with Theodora: Anastasia, Eutropia and Hannibilianus (not to be confused with Delmatius' brother, Hannibilianus rex regum, who appears on coins).

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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2021, 01:59:34 pm »
It took quite a bit of work to untangle into a clean layout without crossed lines!

Tree is very clean indeed but you can make an exception and link Hannibalianus and Constantina.
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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2021, 02:51:36 pm »
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Tree is very clean indeed but you can make an exception and link Hannibalianus and Constantina.

I tried adding it a few ways. I think this looks best, and keeps it compact.

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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2021, 04:57:36 pm »
Updated, above.

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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2021, 09:19:33 am »
Nice.  There are charts in books like Jones but you are right, I haven't seen anything good online.

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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2021, 06:55:58 pm »
Talk about horrendous family dinners!

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Re: Tetrarchy/Constantine family tree
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2023, 10:50:51 pm »
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