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Flavius Boethius (''fl''. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Boethius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate, chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus. Procopius of Caesarea, ''Bellum Gothicum'', I.2.5. Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.John R.C. Martyn (2006). "A New Family Tree for Boethius", ''Parergon'', 23, pp. 5–8
John R.C. Martyn suggests that Boethius had three children:
* Boethius, who is known to be Primate of Byzacena in North Africa;
* Symmachus, a patrician, who was still alive in February 601;
* Rusticiana, a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great and patron of the Catholic church in Rome; her daughter Eusebia married into the
Flavius Boethius (''fl''. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Boethius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate, chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus. Procopius of Caesarea, ''Bellum Gothicum'', I.2.5. Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.John R.C. Martyn (2006). "A New Family Tree for Boethius", ''Parergon'', 23, pp. 5–8
John R.C. Martyn suggests that Boethius had three children:
* Boethius, who is known to be Primate of Byzacena in North Africa;
* Symmachus, a patrician, who was still alive in February 601;
* Rusticiana, a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great and patron of the Catholic church in Rome; her daughter Eusebia married into the Apion family
The Apion family ( gr, Ἀπίων, plural: ; Latin: ''Apiones'') was a wealthy clan of landholders in Byzantine Egypt, especially in the Middle Egyptian nomes of Oxyrhynchus, Arsinoe and Heracleopolis Magna. Beginning as a local aristocracy ...
of Byzantine Egypt, and Eusebia's son was Strategius Apion
Flavius Strategius Apion Strategius Apion (died between 577 and 579) was a patrician and jurist of the Byzantine Empire, and the sole Roman consul of the year 539. He was a member of the wealthy and prominent Apion family of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt..
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