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Anicius Petronius Probus

Anicius Petronius Probus

Roman senator

Anicius Petronius Probus[1] (fl. 395–406 AD) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire.

Western Roman Emperor Honorius, depicted on the consular diptych with Probus (406, Aosta, CIL V, 6836)

Biography

A member of the gens Anicia, he was the son of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus[2] (consul in 371) and of Anicia Faltonia Proba;[3] his elder brothers were Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and Anicius Probinus (consuls in 395), and his sister was Anicia Proba.[2][3][4]

In 395, he is attested as quaestor elected by the Emperor.[2][3] In 406, Anicius was consul contemporaneously with the Eastern Emperor Arcadius.[4][5][6] One of his consular diptychs is preserved at the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, and depicts Emperor Honorius.

Probus was a Christian.[5]

Notes

  1. [1]
    PLRE II
  2. [2]
    CIL VI, 1752.
  3. [3]
    CIL VI, 1754.
  4. [4]
    Jerome, Letters, 130.7
  5. [5]
    CIL V, 6836
  6. [6]
    Zosimus, VI.3.1.

Bibliography

  • CIL VI, 1754, an inscription set up by Probus and his brother Probinus in honour of their mother.
  • Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, John, eds. (1980). "Probus 11". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. II. pp. 913–914. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.
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