Flavius Moschianus (''floruit'' 512) 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 ...

; 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 ...

for 512.

Life

Moschianus was a son of

Sabinianus Magnus Sabinianus Magnus (died 481) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire, who fought in the rebellion of Theodoric Strabo against Emperor Zeno. Biography Much of the biography of Sabinianus Magnus is known through the Chronicle of Marcellinus Come ...

, ''

magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers", plural ) was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, ...

per Illyricum'' (479-481), and the brother of Sabinianus,

in 505. He married a niece of the emperor Anastasius I; their son

Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus was a Byzantine statesman. Biography He may have been the brother of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul in 518. If so, Anastasius was the son of Sabin ...

was consul in 518.

References

* Brian Croke, ''Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle'', Oxford University Press, 2001, , p. 89. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moschianus, Flavius 6th-century Romans 6th-century Roman consuls Imperial Roman consuls Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown