Thaumastus (born c. 400) was a friend and uncle of
Sidonius Apollinaris. His brother, the elder Apollinaris was born around 405
[Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989)] and was the
praetorian prefect of Gaul
The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul ( la, praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided.
History
The prefecture was established after the death of Constantine I in 337, when the ...
under
Valentinian III between 425 and 455.
[Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002)] Thaumastus and his brother were both sons of another Apollinaris, praetorian prefect of Gaul before 409
and were friends with his successor
Decimus Rusticus Decimus Rusticus (sometimes Rusticus Decimus) of Treves (then ''Augusta Treverorum'') and Lyon (''Lugdunum'') (c. 370 – before 423) was a Master of the Offices and the praetorian prefect of Gaul between 409 and 410 or 413. He was one of those ...
. Thaumastus was associated with
Tonantius Ferreolus in the impeachment of
Arvandus
Arvandus was a Gaul who rose through the hierarchy of Imperial Roman society to twice be appointed Praetorian prefect of Gaul.
On the first occasion, 461, he was appointed by Emperor Libius Severus. This appointment ended when Severus died in 46 ...
.
[ Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius (Oxford: Clarendon, 1915), pp. clx-clxxxiii] He was the father of Eulalia, born in 425,
married before 450 to
Flavius Probus
Flavius Probus (born c. 420, 430 or 435), a Roman Senator and a ''v. nob.'' (''vir nobilis'') of Narbonne, then ''Narbo'', was a man of literary taste and precocious ability. His father was Flavius Magnus, Consul of Rome in 460. He was a friend ...
,
Roman Senator.
He seems to be a descendant of yet another Apollinaris,
praetorian prefect of Gaul
The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul ( la, praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided.
History
The prefecture was established after the death of Constantine I in 337, when the ...
under
Constantine II between 337 and 340.
References and citations
5th-century Gallo-Roman people
400 births
Year of death unknown
Date of death unknown
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