Anicius Petronius Probus ( 395–406 AD) was a politician of the

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Biography

A member of the ''gens'' Anicia, he was the son of

Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus ( 358–390) was a leading Roman aristocrat of the later 4th century AD, renowned for his wealth, power and social connections. The son of the consul Petronius Probinus, he married Anicia Faltonia Proba and ha ...

. (consul in 371) and of

Anicia Faltonia Proba Anicia Faltonia Proba (died in Africa, 432) was a Roman noblewoman of the ''gens'' Anicia. Biography Proba's father was Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius (consul in 379); the famous poet Faltonia Betitia Proba was her grandmother. She marri ...

;. his elder brothers were

Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius ( 395–397) was a politician and aristocrat of the Roman Empire. Life Olybrius was a son of Sextus Petronius Probus, one of the most influential men of his era and consul in 371, and wife and cousin Anicia Faltonia ...

and

Anicius Probinus Anicius Probinus ( 395–397) was a politician and aristocrat of the Roman Empire. Biography A member of the noble gens Anicia, Probinus was the son of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus, one of the most influential men of his era and consul in ...

(consuls in 395), and his sister was Anicia Proba.

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, ''Letters'', 130.7 In 395, he is attested as

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elected by the Emperor. In 406, Anicius was consul contemporaneously with the Eastern Emperor

Arcadius Arcadius ( grc-gre, Ἀρκάδιος ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the ...

. Zosimus, VI.3.1. One of his

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s is preserved at the ''Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta'', and depicts Emperor Honorius. Probus was a

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* , an inscription set up by Probus and his brother Probinus in honour of their mother. *

Arnold Hugh Martin Jones Arnold Hugh Martin Jones FBA (9 March 1904 – 9 April 1970) (known as A. H. M. Jones or Hugo Jones) was a prominent 20th-century British historian of classical antiquity, particularly of the later Roman Empire. Biography Jones's best-known wor ...

, John Martindale, John Morris, ''

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'' (PLRE). vol. 1, Cambridge 1971, p. 639. {{end 4th-century Christians 4th-century Romans 5th-century Christians 5th-century Romans 5th-century Roman consuls Probus, Petronius Imperial Roman consuls Petronii