Flavius Probus, Senator

Flavius Probus (born ca 420, 430 or 435), a Roman Senator and a v. nob. (vir nobilis) of Narbonne, then Narbo, was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. His father was Flavius Magnus, Consul of Rome in 460. He was a friend of Sidonius Apollinaris from their schooldays.

He married before 450 Eulalia (?), born ca 425, a cousin of Sidonius Apollinaris, daughter of Thaumastus. They were perhaps the parents of:

• Industria of Narbonne, then Narbo, born ca 450 or 465, married before 475 to Tonantius Ferreolus
• Firminus (455 or 460 – ca 503), v. inl. at Arles, then Arelate, and a propinq. of Magnus Felix Ennodius
• Probatius (certain son), Bishop of Uzès in 506

References

• Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii
• Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002).