Anicius Probus Faustus
Anicius Probus Faustus (floruit 490–512) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire who served as consul in 490 and as Praetorian prefect of Italy from 509 to 512.
Life[]
Faustus was member of an ancient and noble Roman family, which traced back its origins to the consul of the year 59, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus.[1] Faustus was the son of Gennadius Avienus, consul in 450; he is known to have two sons, Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus consul in 502, and Flavius Ennodius Messala consul in 506.[2]
Faustus may be the same ex-consul Faustus mentioned in the Liber Pontificalis as the only aristocrat who supported Pope Symmachus in his conflict with Antipope Laurentius during the years 502–506.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, I.9.4.
- ^ Alan Cameron, "Anician Myths", Journal of Roman Studies, 102 (2012), p. 151
- ^ The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis), translated with introduction by Raymond Davies (Liverpool: University Press, 1989), p. 44
Bibliography[]
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Ancius Probus Faustus 9", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 454–456.
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