Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius (simplified as Amnius Anicius Paulinus; 334–335 AD) was a politician of the

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Biography

Paulinus probably was the son of

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, consul in 322, and the nephew of

Sextus Anicius Paulinus Sextus Anicius Paulinus ( 325–333) was an aristocrat of the Roman Empire. The offices he is known to have held were: Proconsul of Africa; consul with Julius Julianus as his colleague in 325; and ''praefectus urbi'' between 331 and 333. A member ...

, consul in 325. He was thus a member of the ''gens'' Anicia. Paulinus was consul in 334 and ''

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'' of Rome in 334–335. In 334 he erected an equestrian statue to emperor

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in the

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; a statue was dedicated to him in the

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, whose inscription celebrates Paulinus for "his high birth, his eloquence, his fairness, and his good judgment, for which he is renowned in private and in public".

Family

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Settipani (1989), (2000a) and (200b). has tried to reconstruct Paulinus' familial bonds. According to Settipani, Paulinus was married to Pincia (born c. 305) or, better, to Auchenia. His wife was perhaps the daughter of Pincius (b. c. 280 and ''c.v.'' in the beginning of the 4th century) and wife Caeionia (b. 285 or 290), in turn perhaps the daughter of (Marcus) Caeionius Proculus, suffect consul of

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in 289, and wife Alfenia Juliana. They were perhaps the parents of Anicius Auchenius Bassus, ''

'' of Rome in 382.

Notes

Sources

* ''PLRE'' II, "Paulinus 14". *

, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). *

, ''Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines, A L'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite''. Linacre, UK: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2000. ILL. NYPL ASY (Rome) 03-983. *

, ''Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l’époque impériale: Mythe et Réalité'', Prosopographica et Genealogica vol. 2 (Linacre College, Oxford, 2000), ''Addenda et Corrigenda'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulinus, Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Anicii Caesonii 4th-century Roman consuls Urban prefects of Rome Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown