Flavius Sabinianus (

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: Σαβινιανός; floruit 505–508) was a politician and a general of the

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Life

Sabinian was the son of

Sabinianus Magnus Sabinianus Magnus (Greek: Σαβινιανός ό Μέγας; died 481) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire, who fought in the rebellion of Theodoric Strabo against Emperor Zeno. Biography Much of the biography of Sabinianus Magnus is know ...

, a ''

magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers"; : ) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the e ...

per Illyricum'' (479–481). He married a niece of emperor Anastasius I and was the father of Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul in 517. In 505 he held the consulship, while in 508 he was appointed ''magister militum per Illyricum''. He had a big and well-equipped army, but near ''Horreum Margi'' he was defeated by the combined armies of the

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, led by Mundo, and of the

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, led by Pitzias. After the defeat, he went with a few survivors to the fortress of Natus.

Bibliography

* Croke, Brian, ''Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle'', Oxford University Press, 2001, , p. 89. * Martindale, John R., ''

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'', vol. II, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 967–968. {{end 6th-century deaths 6th-century eastern Roman consuls Byzantine generals Magistri militum Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown