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Probus (consul 525)

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Anicius Probus[1] (fl. 525) was a Roman senator living in the Ostrogothic Kingdom who served as the consul of the year 525. He is called "Junior" or "Iunior" in some sources, probably for confusion with Olybrius, a child who served as consul in 491.

He married Proba, daughter of Olybrius and wife Irene, a niece of Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I. With her he had a daughter, Juliana, who married Anastasius, son of Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul in 517, by his marriage to Empress Theodora's illegitimate daughter, whose name has not survived.

Bibliography

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  • Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, John, eds. (1980). "Fl. Probus iunior 10". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. II. p. 913. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.
  • Cameron, Alan (1984). "Junior Consuls", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 56, p. 162.
Political offices
Preceded by Roman consul
525
with Theodorus Filoxenus Sotericus Filoxenus
Succeeded by
  1. ^ Sometimes called Flavius Anicius Probus. The name became a courtesy title by the late 4th century, see Cameron, Alan (1988). "Flavius: a Nicety of Protocol". Latomus. 47 (1): 26–33. JSTOR 41540754.