Petronius Probianus ( 315–331 AD) was a politician of the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
.
Life
Probianus was a member of the ''
Petronii Probi'', a family of the senatorial aristocracy. He was the son of
Pompeius Probus
Pompeius Probus ( 307–314) was a politician of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy, active at the Eastern court under Emperors Galerius and Licinius.
Life
Probus was a member of the Petronia gens, Petronii Probi, a family of the senatorial a ...
, consul in 310, the father of
Petronius Probinus, consul in 341, and of the poet
Faltonia Betitia Proba, and the grandfather of
Sextus Petronius Probus, consul in 371.
Probianus was proconsul of
Africa
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in 315–317,
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states thro ...
in 322, and ''
praefectus urbi
The ''praefectus urbanus'', also called ''praefectus urbi'' or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, an ...
'' of Rome from October 8, 329, to April 12, 331.
Sources
* Lizzi Testa, Rita, ''Senatori, popolo, papi: il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani'', Edipuglia, 2004, , p. 367.
"Faltonia Proba" ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Volume XII, 1911, New York, Robert Appleton Company.
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4th-century Roman consuls
Roman governors of Africa
Urban prefects of Rome
Probianus