Anicius Petronius Probus

Flavius Anicius Petronius Probus (floruit 395-406) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire.

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

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), and his sister was Anicia Proba.[1][2][3]

In 395, he is attested as quaestor elected by the Emperor,[1][2] and in 406 was consul contemporaneously with the Eastern Emperor Arcadius;[3][4][5] one of his consular diptychs is preserved at the Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, and depicts Emperor Honorius.

Probus was a Christian.[4]

Notes

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

Bibliography

Political offices
Preceded by
Stilicho,
Anthemius
Consul of the Roman Empire
406
with Arcadius
Succeeded by
Honorius,
Theodosius II
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