Anicius Petronius Probus
Western Roman Emperor Honorius, depicted on the consular diptych of Probus (406, Aosta, CIL V, 6836)
Flavius Anicius Petronius Probus (floruit 395-406) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire.
Biography
A member of the gens Anicia, he was the son of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus[1] (consul in 371) and of Anicia Faltonia Proba;[2] his elder brothers were Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and Anicius Probinus (consuls in 395), his sister Anicia Proba.[1][2][3]
In 395, he is attested as quaestor elected (by the Emperor),[1][2] in 406 was consul with the Eastern Emperor Arcadius as colleague;[3][4][5] one of his consular diptychs is preserved at the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, and depicts Emperor Honorius.
Notes
Bibliography
- CIL VI, 1754, an inscription set up by Probus and his brother Probinus in honour of their mother.
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). vol. 1, Cambridge 1971, p. 639.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Stilicho, Anthemius |
Consul of the Roman Empire 406 with Arcadius |
Succeeded by Honorius, Theodosius II |