Flavius Probus (born c. 420, 430 or 435), a
Roman Senator and a ''v. nob.'' (''vir nobilis'') of
Narbonne, then ''Narbo'', was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. His father was
Flavius Magnus
Magnus (died 475 AD) was a Roman senator of Narbonne (then ''Narbo''). He was appointed Roman consul in 460 by the Western emperor Majorian, at the same time Apollonius served in the East. Magnus also served as praetorian prefect of Gaul around t ...
,
Consul
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of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
in 460. He was a friend of
Sidonius Apollinaris from their schooldays.
He married before 450 Eulalia (?), born c. 425, a cousin of
Sidonius Apollinaris, daughter of
Thaumastus
Thaumastus (born c. 400) was a friend and uncle of Sidonius Apollinaris. His brother, the elder Apollinaris was born around 405Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989) and was the praetorian prefect of ...
. They were perhaps the parents of:
* Industria of
Narbonne, then ''Narbo'', born c. 450 or 465, married before 475 to
Tonantius Ferreolus
* Firminus (455 or 460 – c. 503), ''v. inl.'' at
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
, then ''Arelate'', and a ''propinq.'' of
Magnus Felix Ennodius
*
Probatius (certain son),
Bishop of Uzès in 506
References
*
Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii
5th-century births
5th-century Romans
Senators of the Roman Empire
Year of death unknown
Date of death unknown
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