Anicius Petronius Probus

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

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

^ PLRE II
^ ^a ^b ^c CIL VI, 1752.
^ ^a ^b ^c CIL VI, 1754.
^ ^a ^b Jerome, Letters, 130.7
^ ^a ^b CIL V, 6836
^ Zosimus, VI.3.1.

Bibliography

CIL VI, 1754, an inscription set up by Probus and his brother Probinus in honour of their mother.
Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, John, eds. (1980). "Probus 11". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. II. pp. 913–914. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.

Political offices
Preceded by Stilicho Anthemius	Roman consul 406 with Arcadius	Succeeded by Honorius Theodosius

[1] PLRE II

[CIL_6_1752-2] CIL VI, 1752.

[CIL_6_1754-3] CIL VI, 1754.

[jerome_letters_170-4] Jerome, Letters, 130.7

[CIL_5_6836-5] CIL V, 6836

[6] Zosimus, VI.3.1.

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