Flavius Paulus (;
fl.
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512) was a Roman politician.
Biography
Paulus was the son of
Vivianus, consul in 463, and brother of
Adamantius, ''
praefectus urbi
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'' of Constantinople.
Paulus was first appointed ''
patricius'' and later, in 512,
consul
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. For his appointment to the consulate, he lent 1000 pounds of gold from Zenodotus, but he was not able to repay it, as his father, who was renowned for his generosity, had distributed much money during his office; it was emperor
Anastasius I who paid back the debt in his place, giving another 1000 pounds of gold to Paul as a gift.
He was a zealous
Christian
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, and
Severus of Antioch
Severus of Antioch (; ), also known as Severus of Gaza, or the Crown of Syrians (; ), was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 512 until his death in 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church ...
dedicated him a treaty against
Eutyches
Eutyches (; c. 375–454) or Eutyches of Constantinople .
Bibliography
* Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, "Fl. Paulus 34", ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', p. 854.
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6th-century eastern Roman consuls
Patricii