Boethius (consul 522)
Flavius Boethius (fl. 522-526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius[1] and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba) he was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate,[2] chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Boethius does not mention the name of his sons in his The Consolation of Philosophy, but in II.3.8, 4.7 he mentions their joint consulate.
- ↑ AE 1961, 284
- ↑ Procopius of Caesarea, Bellum Gothicum, I.2.5.
Bibliography
- CIL IX, 2074 CIL X, 4496
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, "Fl. Boethius 3", volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN ISBN 0-521-20159-4, p. 232.
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| Preceded by Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus, Flavius Valerius |
Consul of the Roman Empire 522 with Symmachus |
Succeeded by Anicius Maximus |