He was the governor of Dalmatia, appointed Caesar to rule Gaul andBritain March 1, 293. He was the son of Eutropious, a Dardanian noblemandescended from the Gordiani, and his wife, Claudia, daughter of ClaudiusII. (Marcus Aurelius Flavius Claudius Gothicus), a virtuous and worthyRoman Emperor (268-270), who was a soldier, statesman, and adistinguished officer. Born in Illyria 214, he was trained in the hardschool of warfare on the Danube frontier, and died of the Plague in 270,aged 55, whereupon his brother Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus becameEmperor. Constantius I became Emperor of Rome in May 305, and in right ofhis wife, King of England. He was born in 242 and died at Eboracum(present day York, England) on July 25, 306. He married (2) Theodora,daughter of Maximinus, Roman Emperor. The son of Helen and Constantius Iwas Constantine the Great.