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Also known as Flavius Popilius Virius Nepotianus, Constantinus, Flavius Julius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus

Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, 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's general Marcellinus.

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Key facts

Roman emperor.name
Nepotianus
Roman emperor.succession
Roman emperor
Roman emperor.moretext
(usurper)
Roman emperor.regnal name
Flavius Julius Popilius Nepotianus Constantinus
Roman emperor.image
Coin of Nepotian.png
Roman emperor.caption
Nepotianus on a coin bearing his claimed title of Augustus
Roman emperor.reign
3–30 June 350 (in competition with Magnentius)
Roman emperor.dynasty
Constantinian
Roman emperor.father
Virius Nepotianus
Roman emperor.mother
Eutropia
Roman emperor.death_date
30 June 350
Roman emperor.death_place
Rome

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Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, 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's general Marcellinus.

==Background==

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