Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor and member of Thetrarchy, from 306 to 337. He was born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea and according to one of his dynastic member
Julian the Apostate, his family was of Thracian origin from the
Moesi tribe. Thus the Constantinian dynasty was one of the Thraco-Roman dynasties.
Leo I, Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474, also called "Thrax" which is "Thrachian". His dynasty called Leonid were commonly referred as "The Thracian dynasty".
John Cassian, a 4th-century monk who contributed to bringing the Egyptian monastic tradition to Western Europe. Born in Scythia Minor and died near modern-day Marseilles, southern France
Justin I, Byzantine Emperor from 518 to 527, was of Thraco-Roman. He was father of Justinian the Great who was referred by John Malalas as being a Thracian.[5][6][7][8][9]
Vitalian, an East Roman general who rebelled in 513 against Emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518). Vitalian may have been of local Thracian stock, born in Scythia Minor or in
Moesia; his father bore a Latin name, Patriciolus, while two of his sons had Thracian names and one a Gothic name.[4]: 129
Belisarius, a general during the reign of Justinian I. He was born in Germane (nowadays
Sapareva Banya) in Western Thrace or in Germania in Dacia Mediterranea, possibly of Thraco-Roman or Greek origin. Commanded several campaigns for reconquering Mediterranean territory of the former
Western Roman Empire. He also earned the title "Last of the Romans"
Justin II, nephew of Justinian and Eastern Roman Emperor from 565 to 578. He was a member of the Justinianian dynasty, which are one of the Thraco-Roman dynasties.
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