Anicius Petronius Probus
Anicius Petronius Probus (fl. 395–406 AD) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire.
Biography[]
A member of the gens Anicia, he was the son of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus[1] (consul in 371) and of Anicia Faltonia Proba;[2] his elder brothers were Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and Anicius Probinus (consuls in 395), and his sister was .[1][2][3]
In 395, he is attested as quaestor elected by the Emperor.[1][2] In 406, Anicius was consul contemporaneously with the Eastern Emperor Arcadius.[3][4][5] One of his consular diptychs is preserved at the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, and depicts Emperor Honorius.
Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- CIL VI, 1754, an inscription set up by Probus and his brother Probinus in honour of their mother.
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). vol. 1, Cambridge 1971, p. 639.
Categories:
- 4th-century Christians
- 4th-century Romans
- 5th-century Christians
- 5th-century Romans
- 5th-century Roman consuls
- Anicii
- Imperial Roman consuls
- Petronii