Flavius Eustathius ( 415–422) 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 Constantin ...

Biography

In 415-416 he was ''

quaestor sacri palatii The ''quaestor sacri palatii'' ( gr, κοιαίστωρ/κυαίστωρ τοῦ ἱεροῦ παλατίου, usually simply ), in English: Quaestor of the Sacred Palace, was the senior legal authority in the late Roman Empire and early Byzanti ...

''; in this capacity he received a copy of a law ('' Codex Theodosianus'' i.8.1, "''De officio quaestoris''", 15 October 415) he had promoted. Between 420 and 422 he held the high office of

Praetorian prefect of the East The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient ( la, praefectura praetorio Orientis, el, ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς ἀνατολῆς) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into whic ...

, while in 421 he held the

consulate A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth c ...

Bibliography

* Jones, A.H.M., J.R. Martindale, J. Morris, "Fl. Eustathius 12", ''Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Vol. 2 395–527, Cambridge, 1971–1992, p. 436. {{end 5th-century Byzantine people 5th-century Roman consuls Imperial Roman consuls Praetorian prefects of the East