Quintus Anicius Faustus Paulinus (or possibly Sextus Anicius Faustus Paulinus) (fl. 3rd century AD) was a

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military officer and

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who was appointed

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sometime before AD 230.

Biography

Probably the son of

Quintus Anicius Faustus Quintus Anicius Faustus (fl. late 2nd century – early 3rd century AD) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed suffect consul in AD 198. Biography Born either in Uzappa in the province of Numidia, or in Praeneste in Itali ...

, suffect consul in AD 198, and a member of the third century ''

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'', Faustus Paulinus was appointed ''

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'' (or imperial governor) of the province of

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in around AD 229/230. As this posting was consular in rank, it is therefore assumed that sometime prior to AD 230, he had been appointed

. It is speculated that Faustus Paulinus either married a daughter of Sextus Cocceius Vibianus, ''consul suffectus'' sometime during the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, or that he was the brother-in-law to a son of Sextus Cocceius Vibianus. He may therefore have been the father (or perhaps uncle) of Marcus Cocceius Anicius Faustus Flavianus, suffect consul c. AD 250/252, and Sextus Cocceius Anicius Faustus Paulinus, suffect consul prior to AD 268.Mennen, pp. 86-87

Sources

* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)

References

3rd-century Romans Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Roman governors of Lower Moesia Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Faustus Paulinus, Anicius {{AncientRome-politician-stub