Magnus (died 475 AD) was a
Roman senator
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of
Narbonne
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(then ''Narbo''). He was appointed
Roman consul
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...
in 460 by the Western emperor
Majorian
Majorian (; 7 August 461) was Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461. A prominent commander in the Late Roman army, Western military, Majorian deposed Avitus in 457 with the aid of his ally Ricimer at the Battle of Placentia (456), Battle of Place ...
, at the same time
Apollonius
Apollonius () is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People Ancient world Artists
* Apollonius of Athens (sculptor) (fl. 1st century BC)
* Apollonius of Tralles (fl. 2nd century BC), sculptor
* Apollonius (satyr sculptor)
* Apo ...
served in the East. Magnus also served as
praetorian prefect of Gaul
The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul () was one of four large praetorian prefecture, prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided in the 4th century.
History
The prefecture was established after the death of Constantine I in 337, whe ...
around the same time.
Family
Magnus was the grandson of
Agricola
Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to:
People Cognomen or given name
:''In chronological order''
* Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85)
* Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the m ...
, consul in 421 and father of Emperor
Avitus
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. According to one reconstruction, his father might have been the son of
Ennodius,
proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military ...
of
Africa
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. He might have been
Felix, consul in 428, who married Padusia and was allegedly an ancestor of
Felix, consul in 511.
He was the father of:
* Magnus Felix,
praetorian prefect
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of Gaul in 469, married to Attica;
* Araneola, married to Polemius between 460 and 469.
[PLRE II]
"Araneola"
p. 126
*
Probus Probus may refer to:
People
* Marcus Valerius Probus (c. 20/30–105 AD), Roman grammarian
* Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus, consul in 228
* Probus (emperor), Roman Emperor (276–282)
* Probus of Byzantium (–306), Bishop of Byzantium from 293 t ...
, a
Roman senator
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Sources and references
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Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Born into the Gallo-Roman aristocracy, he was son-in-law to Emperor Avitus and was appointed Urb ...
,
The Letters of Sidonius' (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii
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Year of birth unknown
475 deaths
5th-century Gallo-Roman people
5th-century western Roman consuls
Praetorian prefects of Gaul
Senators of the Roman Empire
Date of death unknown