Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius (simplified as Amnius Anicius Paulinus; 334–335 AD) was a politician of the

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Biography

Paulinus probably was the son of Amnius Anicius Julianus, consul in 322, and the nephew of

Sextus Anicius Paulinus Sextus Anicius Paulinus ( 325–333) was an aristocrat of the Roman Empire. The offices he is known to have held were: Proconsul of Africa; consul with Julius Julianus as his colleague in 325; and ''praefectus urbi'' between 331 and 333. A member ...

, consul in 325. He was thus a member of the ''gens'' Anicia. Paulinus was consul in 334 and ''

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, a ...

'' of Rome in 334–335. In 334 he erected an equestrian statue to emperor

Constantine I 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 convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...

in the

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; a statue was dedicated to him in the Forum of Trajan, whose inscription celebrates Paulinus for "his high birth, his eloquence, his fairness, and his good judgment, for which he is renowned in private and in public".

Family

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Settipani (1989), (2000a) and (200b). has tried to reconstruct Paulinus' familial bonds. According to Settipani, Paulinus was married to Pincia (born c. 305) or, better, to Auchenia. His wife was perhaps the daughter of Pincius (b. c. 280 and ''c.v.'' in the beginning of the 4th century) and wife Caeionia (b. 285 or 290), in turn perhaps the daughter of (Marcus) Caeionius Proculus, suffect consul of

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in 289, and wife Alfenia Juliana. They were perhaps the parents of Anicius Auchenius Bassus, ''

'' of Rome in 382.

Notes

Sources

* ''PLRE'' II, "Paulinus 14". *

, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' (France: Éditions Christian, 1989). *

, ''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. *

, ''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:Paulinus, Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius 4th-century Romans Anicii Caesonii Imperial Roman consuls Urban prefects of Rome Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown