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Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus
Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus ( 358–390) was a leading Roman aristocrat of the later 4th century AD, renowned for his wealth, power and social connections. The son of the consul Petronius Probinus, he married Anicia Faltonia Proba and had two sons. He had a successful political career, becoming praefectus urbanus, Proconsul of Africa, four times praetorian prefect, and consul alongside the emperor Gratian. His grandson and great-grandson went on to become emperor. Family A Christian and a scion of the powerful Anician family from Verona, he married Anicia Faltonia Proba, the daughter of his first cousin Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, by whom he had two sons, Anicius Probinus and Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius. Through his sons, Probus was the paternal ancestor of two emperors, Petronius Maximus and Olybrius. According to the family tree published by Mommaerts and Kelley, Probus was a son of Petronius Probinus, consul in 341, and "Claudia"/"Clodia", a sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronius Probinus (consul 341)
Petronius Probinus (''fl.'' 341346 AD) was an aristocrat and statesman of the Roman Empire. He was Roman consul in the year 341 and '' praefectus urbi'' of Rome from July 345 to December 346. Biography Probinus was the son of Petronius Probianus, a consul and praefectus urbi, and was from the ''gens'' Petronia, an influential patrician family that provided several high-ranking officers for the imperial administration between the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Probinus himself was consul in 341 and ''praefectus urbi'' of Rome from July 5, 345, to December 26, 346. His wife was, according to Drinkwater and Elton,John Drinkwater and Hugh Elton, ''Fifth-century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity?'' (1992), page 112. "Claudia"/"Clodia", a sister of Clodius Celsinus Adelphus,Anthony Wagner, op. cit. Pedigree 22, page 180 who in turn was married to his sister Faltonia Betitia Proba, one of the most influential Roman Christian poets during Late Antiquity.Anthony Wagner, "Pedigree and Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |