Paulus (consul 496)

Flavius Paulus (Greek: Παύλος fl. 496) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Family

Paulus was the brother of Anastasius I. His family was Illyrian,^[1] and he was the son of Pompeius (born c. 410), a nobleman from Dyrrachium, and Anastasia Constantina (born c. 410), an Arian and a paternal great-granddaughter of the Roman caesar Constantius Gallus and his wife, Constantina (the daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great).^[2]

Life

In 496 he was appointed consul without colleague. He married Magna; they had a daughter, Irene, who married Olybrius, a member of the House of Theodosius.

References

^ Croke, Brian (2001). Count Marcellinus and his chronicle. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-19-815001-5. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^ Settipani, Christian, 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.

Brian Croke, Count Marcellinus and his chronicle, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-19-815001-6, p. 89.

Political offices
Preceded by Viator	Consul of the Roman Empire 496	Succeeded by Anastasius I

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[Croke2001-1] Croke, Brian (2001). Count Marcellinus and his chronicle. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-19-815001-5. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

[2] Settipani, Christian, 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.

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