Sextus Anicius Paulinus ( 325–333) was an aristocrat of the
Roman Empire
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. The offices he is known to have held were:
Proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military command, or ' ...
of
Africa
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;
consul
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with
Julius Julianus
Julius Julianus ( 315–325 AD) was a Roman politician, the grandfather and namesake of the future emperor Julian.
Life
He served Licinius as praetorian prefect from at least spring 315 to September 324, until Constantine I definitively defeated ...
as his colleague in 325; and ''
praefectus urbi
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'' between 331 and 333.
A member of the ''gens''
Anicia, his father was probably
Anicius Faustus and his brother was
Amnius Anicius Julianus
Amnius Anicius Julianus ( 322–329) was a politician of the Roman Empire.
Biography
Anicius Julianus was consul in 322 with Petronius Probianus, ''praefectus urbi Romae'' between 326 and 329.
He is identified with the proconsul of Africa who ...
(consul of 322);
Amnius Anicius Paulinus
Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius (simplified as Amnius Anicius Paulinus; 334–335 AD) was a politician of the Roman Empire.
Biography
Paulinus probably was the son of Amnius Anicius Julianus, consul in 322, and th ...
was probably his son or his grandson, or the son of his brother.
Christian Settipani
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Biography
Settipani holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Paris-Sorbo ...
, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (France: Éditions Christian, 1989) Perhaps he is to be identified with that Anicius who was the first senator of that lineage to publicly convert to
Christianity
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.
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4th-century Romans
Paulinus, Sextus
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Africa
Urban prefects of Rome
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown