Anicius Petronius Probus

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Western Roman Emperor Honorius, depicted on the consular diptych with Probus (406, Aosta, CIL V, 6836) Diptych of Honorius.jpg
Western Roman Emperor Honorius, depicted on the consular diptych with Probus (406, Aosta, CIL V, 6836)

Anicius Petronius Probus [1] (fl. 395–406 AD) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire.

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Biography

A member of the gens Anicia, he was the son of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus [2] (consul in 371) and of Anicia Faltonia Proba; [3] his elder brothers were Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and Anicius Probinus (consuls in 395), and his sister was Anicia Proba. [2] [3] [4]

In 395, he is attested as quaestor elected by the Emperor. [2] [3] In 406, Anicius was consul contemporaneously with the Eastern Emperor Arcadius. [4] [5] [6] One of his consular diptychs is preserved at the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, and depicts Emperor Honorius.

Probus was a Christian. [5]

Notes

  1. PLRE II
  2. 1 2 3 CIL VI, 1752.
  3. 1 2 3 CIL VI, 1754.
  4. 1 2 Jerome, Letters, 130.7
  5. 1 2 CIL V, 6836
  6. Zosimus, VI.3.1.

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Political offices
Preceded by Roman consul
406
with Arcadius
Succeeded by

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