Amnius Anicius Julianus ( 322–329) was a politician of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

Biography

Anicius Julianus was

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in 322 with

Petronius Probianus Petronius Probianus ( 315–331 AD) was a politician of the Roman Empire. Life Probianus was a member of the '' Petronii Probi'', a family of the senatorial aristocracy. He was the son of Pompeius Probus, consul in 310, the father of Petroniu ...

, ''

praefectus urbi The ''praefectus urbanus'', also called ''praefectus urbi'' or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, and ...

Romae'' between 326 and 329. He is identified with the

proconsul A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or ' ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

who, in 302, received a rescript (an answer to a request for clarification that Julianus had sent) from emperor

Diocletian Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

, which ordered the suppression of the Manichees in Africa, accused of being in contact with the

Sasanian Empire The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...

. It has been proposedBruce, L.D., "Diocletian, the Proconsul Iulianus and the Manichaeans", in C. Deroux, ''Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History'', iii (Collection Latomus, 180; Brusselles), 336–347. that the Julianus who was proconsul of Africa could have been active in 296–297 and that he was put to death by

Maximian Maximian ( la, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed ''Herculius'', was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then ''Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his ...

on fabricated treason charges; the rebel in Africa should be, therefore, linked to

Sabinus Julianus Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus, known in English as Julian of Pannonia (died 285–286) was a Roman usurper (283–285 or 286) against Emperor Carinus or Maximian. It is possible that up to four usurpers with a similar name rebelled in a timefra ...

, a usurper in Africa recorded in

Aurelius Victor Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome, entitled ''De Caesaribus'' and covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. The work w ...

's ''Caesares'' 39.22.

Family

Christian Settipani Christian Settipani (born 31 January 1961) is a French genealogist, historian and IT professional, currently working as the Technical Director of a company in Paris. Biography Settipani holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Paris-Sorbo ...

has tried to reconstruct Julianus' family ties. According to his studies, Julianus, probably born around 270, was the son of Anicius Faustus, consul in 298, and younger brother of Sextus Anicius Paulinus, consul in 325. Julianus married Caesonia Manilia (born c. 275), daughter of

Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus (c. AD 227 – c. AD 300) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed suffect consul twice, in around AD 260 and 284. Biography Rufinianus Bassus was the son of Lucius Caesonius Luc ...

(or Rufinius), consul in 280; they had a son, Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius, consul in 334.

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* "Iulianus 23" ''

Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire ''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'' (abbreviated as ''PLRE'') is a work of Roman prosopography published in a set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested to have lived in the Roman Empire from AD 260, the date ...

'', Volume 1, pp. 473–4. *

, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). *Settipani, ''Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines, A L'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite. Linacre, UK: Prosopographica et Genealogica'', 2000. ILL. NYPL ASY (Rome) 03-983. *Settipani, ''Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l’époque impériale: mythe et réalité'', Prosopographica et Genealogica vol. 2 (Linacre College, Oxford, 2000), Addenda et Corrigenda {{DEFAULTSORT:Julianus, Amnius Anicius 4th-century deaths 4th-century Romans Anicii Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Africa Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown