id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2235 Constantius Chlorus - Wikipedia .html text/html 4079 517 63 250.[5] Constantius was born in Dacia Ripensis,[6] a Roman province on the south bank of the Middle Danube – the empire's frontier – with its capital at Ratiaria (modern Archar).[7][8] He was the son of Eutropius, whom the Historia Augusta claimed to be a nobleman from northern Dardania, in the province of Moesia Superior, and Claudia, a niece of the emperors Claudius Gothicus and Quintillus.[9] Modern historians suspect this maternal connection to be a genealogical fabrication created by his son Constantine I,[10] and that his family was of humble origins.[11] Constantine probably sought to dissociate his father's background from the memory of Maximian.[12] The claim that Constantius was descended from Claudius Gothicus is attested only after 310 and does not appear to have been made while Constantius was alive.[citation needed] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2235.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2235.txt