- Hannibalianus
__NOTOC__Flavius Hannibalianus (also Hanniballianus; d. September 337) was a member of the
Constantinian dynasty , which ruled over theRoman Empire in the 4th century.Hannibalianus was the son of
Flavius Dalmatius , and thus nephew ofConstantine I .Ammianus Marcellinus, xiv i.2.] Aurelius Victor, 41.20] Hannibalianus and his brotherDalmatius were educated atTolosa by rhetorExuperius .In 320s, Constantine called Flavius Dalmatius and his sons to Constantinople. Hannibalianus married Constantine's elder daughter,
Constantina , in 335, and was made "". [Zosimus, ii.39.2.]In occasion of the campaign of Constantine against the Sassanids (337), Hannibalianus was made "Rex Regum et Ponticarum Gentium", "King of the Kings and of the Ponthic People". Probably it was Constantine intention to put Hannibalianus on the Ponthic throne, after the defeat of the Persians.
The Persian campaign did not take place, because Constantine died in May 337. Hannibalianus died, as did his brother, in the purge of the imperial family that followed. [Zosimus, iii.40.3; Flavius Claudius Iulianus, "Epistula ad Athenienses", 270 C.]
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Ammianus Marcellinus , "Rerum Gestarum XXXI"
*"Epitome de Caesaribus "
*Zosimus , "Historia Nova"econdary sources
* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/hanna.htm DiMaio, Michael, "Hannibalianus "Rex Regum" (335-337 A.D)", in "DIR"]
* Tedo Dundua, "Flavius Hanniballianus - King of Pontus and Lazica. The Eastern Roman Empire and its Early History," "Valahian Journal of Historical Studies", 9, 2008, 109-114.
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