Rufius Achilius Sividius

Rufius Achilius Sividius (floruit 483-488) was a Roman politician.

Biography

He is defined as "quaestor" (maybe quaestor sacri palatii) in the inscription on his seat at the Colosseum.^[1] Later he was appointed praefectus urbi of Rome and then patricius. In 488 he was consul posterior with Claudius Iulius Ecclesius Dynamius, both appointed by the court of Odoacer, and praefectus urbi for the second time.

His consular diptych, which records his career, has been preserved.^[2]

Notes

^ CIL VI, 32199
^ CIL XII, 133.

Sources

"Rufius Achilius Sividius", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-20159-4, pp. 1017-1018.

Preceded by Nar. Manlius Boethius, post consulatum Longini (East)	Consul of the Roman Empire 488 With: Claudius Iulius Ecclesius Dynamius	Succeeded by Petronius Probinus, Flavius Eusebius
Preceded by Claudius Iulius Ecclesius Dynamius	Praefectus urbi of Rome 488	Succeeded by Claudius Iulius Ecclesius Dynamius

[1] CIL VI, 32199

[2] CIL XII, 133.

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