Petronius Probinus (consul 489)

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Petronius Probinus was a Roman aristocrat during the reign of King Odoacer. He was the Western consul in 489 AD (with Flavius Eusebius as his Eastern colleague) and a prominent supporter of Antipope Laurentius.[1] Probinus is believed to be the son of , consul in 481, and the father of Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus, consul in 504.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (London:Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979), p. 79
  2. ^ Bagnall, Roger S.; Cameron, Alan; Schwartz, Seth R.; Worp, Klaas A. (1987). Consuls of the later Roman Empire. Philological Monographs #36. American Philological Association. p. 513. ISBN 1-55540-099-X.
Political offices
Preceded by
Claudius Iulius Ecclesius Dynamius,
and Rufius Achilius Sividius
Consul of the Roman Empire
489
With: Flavius Eusebius
Succeeded by
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