This article highlights the significant role played by Constantia, posthumous daughter of the emperor Constantius II, in late fourth century dynastic politics and ideology. Though Constantia has generally been neglected in modern studies of the period, close examination of the surviving sources reveals her pivotal position, even from her earliest years, as a coveted link between the Constantinian dynasty and new emperors seeking to establish themselves and their families in the turbulent years of the 360s, 370s and 380s AD. Through investigation of the source material relating to Constantia’s short life, we gain further vital insight into the perennial importance to imperial politics of dynastic loyalty, and specifically loyalty to the Constantinian house, in the late fourth century, as well as emerging new ideas about the complexities of the marriages of imperial women.

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君士坦丁：最后的君士坦丁

这篇文章强调君士坦提亚，君士坦提乌斯二世的谥女，在四世纪末的王朝政治和意识形态中所起的重要作用。尽管康斯坦蒂亚在这一时期的现代研究中普遍被忽视，但对现存资料的仔细研究揭示了她的关键地位，即使从她早年开始，作为君士坦丁王朝与寻求在罗马建立自己及其家庭的新皇帝之间令人垂涎的纽带。公元 360 年代、370 年代和 380 年代的动荡年代。通过调查与君士坦丁短暂生命有关的原始资料，我们进一步深入了解王朝忠诚对帝国政治的长期重要性，特别是在四世纪后期对君士坦丁家族的忠诚，