Marcia Euphemia

Marcia Euphemia  was the wife of Anthemius, Western Roman Emperor.

Marcia Euphemia was the only known daughter of Marcian, Eastern Roman emperor, with an unknown woman.Her stepmother was Pulcheria, second wife of her father, a relationship that was a mere political alliance to establish Marcian as a member of the Theodosian dynasty by marriage. As Pulcheria had taken a religious vow of chastity, the marriage was never consummated and Euphemia never had younger half-siblings.

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Marcia Euphemia  was the wife of Anthemius, Western Roman Emperor.

Marcia Euphemia was the only known daughter of Marcian, Eastern Roman emperor, with an unknown woman.Her stepmother was Pulcheria, second wife of her father, a relationship that was a mere political alliance to establish Marcian as a member of the Theodosian dynasty by marriage. As Pulcheria had taken a religious vow of chastity, the marriage was never consummated and Euphemia never had younger half-siblings.

Evagrius Scholasticus quotes Priscus, stating that Marcian was "by birth a Thracian, and the son of a military man. In his desire to follow his father's mode of life, he had set out for Philippopolis, where he could be enrolled in the legions".Theodorus Lector, however, reports Marcian to be an Illyrian.

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