Flavius Paulus (Greek: Παῦλος; 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 a colleague. He married Magna; they had a daughter, Irene, who married Olybrius, a member of the House of Theodosius.

References

  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.
Political offices Preceded byViator Consul of the Roman Empire 496 Succeeded byAnastasius I
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