Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus was a
Byzantine
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statesman
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Biography
He may have been the brother of
Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul in 518. If so, Anastasius was the son of
Sabinian, consul in 505, and of a niece of emperor
Anastasius I,
[Croke.] making him the emperor's grandnephew.
He served as
consul
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in 518.
Family
His daughter Juliana was married to
Marcellus (brother of Justin II)
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Biography
Marcellus was the son of Vigilantia, the sister of Justinian, and Dulcidio ( ...
.
References
* Croke, Brian, ''Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle'', Oxford University Press, 2001, , p. 89.
* Martindale, John R., "Fl. Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius 17", ''
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
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'', vol. II, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 82–83.
* Christian Settipani ''
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6th-century Byzantine people
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Imperial Roman consuls
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
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