Flavius Antoninus Messala Vivianus (
Greek
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: Βιβιανός; fl. 459–463) was an administrator of the
Eastern Roman Empire
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.
Biography
Vivianus was the father of
Paulus (Consul in 512) and
Adamantius. His full nomenclature is found on a monument from an uncertain province, indicating that he held the ranks of ''
vir illustris
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'' and ''
patricius'', and that he had been praetorian prefect and ''consul ordinarius''.
He was
praetorian prefect of the East
The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (, ) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. As it comprised the larger part of the Eastern Roman Empire, and its seat was at Constantinop ...
between 459 and 460. In 463 he was appointed Consul by the Eastern court, but he was not recognised in the West, where the only consul was
Caecina Decius Basilius Caecina Decius Basilius ( 458–468) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire, Consul and twice Praetorian prefect of Italy.
Biography
Basilius belonged to the Italian nobility, and was member of the influential ''gens'' Caecinia.
He was Pr ...
.
References
Sources
* Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Vivianus 2", ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 1971, , pp. 1179–1180.
Further reading
* H. Taeuber, and E. Weber, "Un consule del quinto secolo e un oggetto enigmatico", in M.L. Caldelli, G.L. Gregori, S. Orlandi (eds) (2008), ''Epigrafia 2006: Atti della XIVe rencontre sur l'épigraphie in onore di Silvio Panciera con altri contributi di colleghi, alievi e collaboratori'' (Rome, 2008), pp. 1063-69
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5th-century eastern Roman consuls
Patricii
Praetorian prefects of the East