Flavius Secundinus was a politician and statesman of the

Eastern Roman Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

in the sixth century AD.

Family

He married Caesaria, the sister of Emperor Anastasius I. Their sons were Flavius Hypatius, consul in 500 AD, and reluctant usurper during the

Nika Riots The Nika riots (), Nika revolt or Nika sedition took place against Byzantine emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half of ...

, and Flavius Pompeius, consul of 501 AD.

Career

In 492 AD, Secundinus served as

Urban Prefect 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 Constantinople. In 503 AD, he was awarded the honorific title of

Patrikios The patricians (from ) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom and the early Republic, but its relevance waned after the Conflict of the Orders (494 BC to 287 B ...

for his connection to the emperor. In 511 AD, he served as consul together with Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix as his colleague in the West. In 515 AD, the emperor sent Hypatius with an army against the rebel Vitalian, failing and being captured. Secundinus then ransomed his son.

References

{{Reflist 6th-century Roman consuls 6th-century Byzantine people Patricii Urban prefects of Constantinople