Marcia Euphemia
| Marcia Euphemia | |
|---|---|
| Empress of the Western Roman Empire | |
| Roman Empress | |
| Tenure | c. 453 -July 11, 472 |
| Predecessor | Licinia Eudoxia |
| Successor | Placidia |
| Born | Constantinople |
| Spouse | Anthemius |
| Issue |
Alypia Anthemiolus Marcian Procopius Anthemius Romulus |
| Dynasty | Leonid |
| Father | Marcian |
| Mother | Pulcheria (adoptive) |
Marcia Euphemia (also known as Aelia Marcia Euphemia) was the wife of Anthemius, Western Roman Emperor.
Marcia Euphemia was the only known daughter of Marcian, Byzantine 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.
Her wedding to Anthemius is estimated to about 453. Her new husband was son to Procopius, magister utriusque militiae ("Master of Soldiers of both armies", commander of both cavalry and infantry) of the Eastern Roman Empire from 422 to 424. According to Sidonius Apollinaris, the magister militum was a namesake descendant of Procopius who had served as a rival emperor from 365 to 366.
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