Basilina (Greek:Βασιλίνα; died 332/333^[1][2]) was the wife ofJulius Constantius and the mother of theRoman emperorJulian (r. 361–363) who in her honour gave the nameBasilinopolis to a city inBithynia (modernPazarköy nearGemlik, inTurkey).^[2]

Basilina was ofGreek descent born inAsia Minor.^[3][4] She was either the daughter of Caeionius Iulianus Camenius,^[5] or more likely ofJulius Julianus,^[1][2] and received aclassical education (i.e.,Homer andHesiod) fromMardonius, aeunuch who grew up in the house of her father.^[1] She had a sister who became the mother ofProcopius.^[6] She was a relative of BishopEusebius of Nicomedia, her son's tutor.^{[citation needed]}

She became the second wife ofJulius Constantius, whom she gave Julian;^[2] Basilina died a few months after childbirth.^[1][2] AChristian, Basilina initially favoured theArians, but gave her lands as an inheritance to the church ofEphesus.^[2]

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