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Olympias also known as Saint Olympias and sometimes known as Olympias the Younger to distinguish her from her aunt of the same name (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς sometime between 361 to 368-July 25 408) was a Christian Roman noblewoman of Greek descent. Olympias was born and raised either in Constantinople or Antioch. She was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman Alexandra and the wealthy Greek Rhetor Seleucus. Olympias had a sibling who was a parent of Olympias and Seleucus.

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