Phillion of Soureine

Phillion of Soureine, was a Yutemond nobleman from the influential Soureine dynasty and was the husband of Livia Korlat. He was the third Duke of Korlat until his wife's assassination in 755 BE. He was the father of Ulpia, the first queen of Yutemond.
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Phillion was the son of Aurelia of Rocol and Augustus. His mother was the matriarch of one of Rocol's most powerful and influential noble families.
==== Marriage to Livia ====
Phillion belonged to a very powerful noble family, which at the time outranked both the Volkovs and the Korlats in army strength, political influence and wealth. His family had a long line of politicians, military leaders and provincial governors.
In around early 733 BE, Phillion was arranged to marry Livia Korlat; however he desperately wanted to marry Porcia, a lowborn woman from Boustare. Livia was desperate to marry Phillion to secure an alliance between the Yutemond Senate and the ruling families of Rocol, primarily the Soureine dynasty; consequently Augustus had Porcia killed and her body burnt at the stake while Phillion was force to spectate from his window.
Devastated, Phillion married Livia in a lavish ceremony, their union produced a daughter, Ulpia Korlat. It is recorded that their marriage was a happy one and Phillion was a merited consort.
== Premonition ==
The night before his assassination, Phillion dreamed that Livia had been wounded, and lay dying in his arms. In the morning, he begged her not to meet the senate, as she had planned, and moved by his distress and entreaties, she resolved not to go. But one of Livia's closest friends, whom she had recently appointed a overseer, and secretly one of the conspirators against her, came to the house and persuaded Livia to ignore the omens, and go to the senate.
== Widower ==
Following his wife's assassination, there is a story of him rushing out of his house in grief accompanied by several men and slaves. Phillion delivered all of Livia's personal papers, including her will and notes, along with her most precious possessions, to his entertainment officer, Nymphidius, one of Livia's most trusted allies, who had not been involved in the conspiracy.
== Later Life and Death ==
Phillion suffered ill health, following panic attacks and heart issues, he resided in Ulpia's private residence in Pithia where he died in 758 BE of a heart attack.
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