Flavius Paulus ( Greek: Παύλος fl. 496) was a politician of the

Eastern Roman Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

Family

Paulus was the brother of Anastasius I. His family was Illyrian, and he was the son of Pompeius (born ), a nobleman from Dyrrachium, and Anastasia Constantina (born ), an

Arian Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doctrine first attributed to Arius (), a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by God t ...

and a paternal great-granddaughter of the Roman ''caesar'' Constantius Gallus and his wife,

Constantina Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called ''Constantia'' and ''Constantiana''; el, Κωνσταντίνα; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great ...

(the daughter of Roman emperor

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

).Settipani, Christian, 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.

Life

In 496 he was appointed

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 ...

without colleague. He married Magna; they had a daughter, Irene, who married Olybrius, a member of the House of Theodosius.

References

* Brian Croke, ''Count Marcellinus and his chronicle'', Oxford University Press, 2001, , p. 89. 5th-century Byzantine people 5th-century Roman consuls Illyrian people Imperial Roman consuls Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Byzantine-bio-stub