Probus (consul 513)
Probus[1] (floruit 510–513) was a Roman politician and consul for 513.
He came from a family renowned for its learning, and he himself is praised for his culture by Ennodius (Letters, VIII.21, autumn 510).
In 512 he was a vir illustris; the following year he held the consulate (CILV, 6266).
Bibliography
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Probus 9", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). vol. 3, Cambridge 1992, p. 913.
References
- ^Sometimes called Flavius 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.
