Avienus may refer to:
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Gennadius Avienus
Gennadius Avienus ( 450–460s) was an influential politician of the Western Roman Empire. He was consul in 450, alongside Valentinian III. In 452, he was an envoy to Attila; together with Pope Leo I and Trigetius he successfully negotiated a t ...
(fl. 450–460s), Roman politician
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Avienus (consul 501)
Flavius Avienus ( 501–509) was a Roman politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great. He held the consulship with Pompeius as colleague in 501.
He probably belonged to the '' gens Decia''; he was the son of Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius ( ...
, Roman politician
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Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus was a politician of the Western Roman Empire. He was appointed consul for 502 with Flavius Probus as his colleague.
His father was Anicius Probus Faustus, who was the leading supporter of Pope Symmachus in the Laurent ...
(consul 502), Roman politician
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Avienius
Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius (or Avienus) was a Latin literature, Latin writer of the 4th century AD. He was a native of Volsinii in Etruria, from the distinguished family of the Rufii Festi.
Avienius is not identical with the historian Fest ...
, commonly (mis)spelled Avienus
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Aviena gens
The gens Aviena, occasionally written Avienia, was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Hardly any members of this gens are mentioned in history, but a number of Avieni are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The nomen ''Avienus'' belongs to a ...
, ancient Roman family
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Avianus
Avianus (or possibly Avienus;Alan Cameron, "Avienus or Avienius?", ''ZPE'' 108 (1995), p. 260 c. AD 400) was a paganism, pagan writer of fables in Latin."Avianus" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes Ltd, George Newnes, 1961, Vo ...
, also spelled Avienus
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