Constantine was the first known Hypatus of Gaeta from 839 or thereabouts until he disappears from records abruptly in 866. From the abruptness of his disappearance, he is often supposed to have been deposed violently by his successor Docibilis I. He was a son of Anatolius of the Anatoli family. He associated his son

Marinus I Pope Marinus I ( ; died 15 May 884) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 882 until his death on 15 May 884. Controversially at the time, he was already a bishop when he became pope, and had served as papal legate to Constanti ...

with him as ''comes''. He was undoubtedly a

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

agent, originally holding the castle of Gaeta from his sister Elisabeth's son-in-law Theodosius, the prefect of Naples.

Sources

* Skinner, Patricia. ''Family Power in Southern Italy: The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139''. Cambridge University Press: 1995. *Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani XL Di Fausto – Donadoni''. Rome, 1991. 9th-century deaths Dukes of Gaeta Year of birth unknown Hypatoi {{europe-noble-stub