:''This article deals with the Caesar (335-337). For the censor Flavius Dalmatius, father of the Caesar, see Flavius Dalmatius. For saints with this name, see Saint Dalmatius (disambiguation).'' Flavius Dalmatius (died June 337), often spelled Delmatius on contemporary coins, was a ''Caesar'' of the

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from 335 to 337, and member of the Constantinian dynasty. Dalmatius was the nephew of

Constantine the Great Constantine I (27 February 27222 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a Constantine the Great and Christianity, pivotal ro ...

. His father, also named Flavius Dalmatius, was the half-brother of Constantine and served as censor. Dalmatius and his brother Hannibalianus were educated at Tolosa (

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) by rhetor Exuperius. Impero Romano da maggio a settembre 337

On 18 September 335, he was raised to the rank of ''Caesar'' by his uncle, with the control of

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and Macedonia. Dalmatius died in early summer 337, killed by his own soldiers. It is possible that his death was related to the purge that hit the imperial family at the death of Constantine, and organized by Constantius II with the aim of removing any possible claimant to imperial power other than the sons of the late emperor.

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;References ;Sources *DiMaio, Michael (1996)
"Dalmatius Caesar (335-337 A.D)"
'' De Imperatoribus Romanis'' * *{{cite journal , last=Marcos , year=2014 , first=Moysés , title=Constantine, Dalmatius Caesar, and the Summer of A.D. 337 , journal=Latomus , volume=73 , issue=3 , pages=748–774 , issn=0023-8856 , jstor=24858587 , ref={{sfnref, Marcos 337 deaths 4th-century murdered monarchs Constantinian dynasty Flavii Year of birth unknown Caesars (heirs apparent)

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