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Flavius Felix (died in Ravenna
Ravenna

Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate of Ravenna....
, 430
430

Events...
) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
, who reached the prominent rank of patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 before being killed by order of Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
. For his consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
ate, in 428
428

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, he issued some consular diptych
Consular diptych

In Late Antiquity a consular diptych was a particular type of diptych which could function as a writing tablet but was also intended as a deluxe commemorative object, commissioned by a Roman consul#Under the Empire and then distributed to reward those who had supported his candidature as rewards and to mark his entry to that post....
s, one of which has been preserved until modern times.

Felix served during the reign of emperors Valentinian III
Valentinian III

Flavius Placidus Valentinianus , known in English as Valentinian III, was among the last Western Roman Emperors ....
 and Theodosius II
Theodosius II

Flavius Theodosius , called the Calligrapher, known in English as Theodosius II, was an Eastern Roman Empire , mostly known for the law code bearing his name, the Codex Theodosianus, and the Walls of Constantinople#The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople built during his reign....
. Between 425
425

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 (year in which he was made patricius
Patricius

Patricius may refer to:People* Patricius, a leader of the War against Gallus, 4th-century Jewish revolt* Patricius, father of Saint Augustine of Hippo...
) and 429
429

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 he served as magister utriusque militae in defense of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, but despite a brief mention of one of his military actions in the Notitia Dignitatum
Notitia Dignitatum

The Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document of the Ancient Rome imperial chanceries. One of the very few surviving documents of Roman government, it details the administrative organisation of the eastern and western Roman empires, listing several thousand offices from the imperial court down to the provincial level....
, his subordinates Bonifacius
Bonifacius

Comes Bonifacius was a Roman Empire general and governor of the Diocese of Africa. Along with his rival, Flavius A?tius, he is sometimes termed "the last of the Romans."...
 and Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
 were considered more significant in this regard.






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Flavius Felix (died in Ravenna
Ravenna

Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate of Ravenna....
, 430
430

Events...
) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
, who reached the prominent rank of patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 before being killed by order of Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
. For his consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
ate, in 428
428

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, he issued some consular diptych
Consular diptych

In Late Antiquity a consular diptych was a particular type of diptych which could function as a writing tablet but was also intended as a deluxe commemorative object, commissioned by a Roman consul#Under the Empire and then distributed to reward those who had supported his candidature as rewards and to mark his entry to that post....
s, one of which has been preserved until modern times.

Felix served during the reign of emperors Valentinian III
Valentinian III

Flavius Placidus Valentinianus , known in English as Valentinian III, was among the last Western Roman Emperors ....
 and Theodosius II
Theodosius II

Flavius Theodosius , called the Calligrapher, known in English as Theodosius II, was an Eastern Roman Empire , mostly known for the law code bearing his name, the Codex Theodosianus, and the Walls of Constantinople#The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople built during his reign....
. Between 425
425

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 (year in which he was made patricius
Patricius

Patricius may refer to:People* Patricius, a leader of the War against Gallus, 4th-century Jewish revolt* Patricius, father of Saint Augustine of Hippo...
) and 429
429

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 he served as magister utriusque militae in defense of Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, but despite a brief mention of one of his military actions in the Notitia Dignitatum
Notitia Dignitatum

The Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document of the Ancient Rome imperial chanceries. One of the very few surviving documents of Roman government, it details the administrative organisation of the eastern and western Roman empires, listing several thousand offices from the imperial court down to the provincial level....
, his subordinates Bonifacius
Bonifacius

Comes Bonifacius was a Roman Empire general and governor of the Diocese of Africa. Along with his rival, Flavius A?tius, he is sometimes termed "the last of the Romans."...
 and Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aėtius

Flavius A?tius or simply A?tius, , dux et patricius, was a Roman Empire general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man of the Western Roman Empire for two decades ....
 were considered more significant in this regard. In 426
426

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 ordered the death of Patroclus, bishop of Arelate
Arles

Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, in the former Provinces of France of Provence....
, and of Titus
Titus

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
, deacon in Rome. The following year he opposed Bonifacius' rebellion in Northen Africa sending in those provinces some troops.

In 428
428

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 he was elected consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 for the West. In May 430
430

Events...
, Felix, his wife Pandusia and a deacon were accused of plotting against Aetius, arrested in Ravenna and killed by order of Aetius himself.

His carved
Ivory carving

Ivory carving is the ornamentation of ivory by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually.Humans have ornamentally carved ivory since prehistoric times, and much of the prehistoric work reveals information about the use of tools during the carving's time period....
 ivory
Ivory

File:Ivory decoration.jpgIvory is formed from dentine and constitutes the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth and narwhal....
 consular diptych
Diptych

A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, types existing for recording notes and for measuring time and direction....
 is notable for depicting his clothing in great detail. The diptych, believed to be the earliest yet known, survived intact until the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
, when the right leaf was stolen; it is now believed lost
Lost art

Jordan Betten is the founder of Lost Art and Betten Art. Lost Art, born of necessity began 11 years ago and is essentially a leather goods company....
.

According to a recent reconstruction of his familiar bonds, he was an ancestor of Felix, Consul in 511. He was a son of Ennodius
Ennodius (Proconsul)

Ennodius was a Proconsul of Africa Province in 395. He was maybe the father of a son, born in 380 and married to ..., born in 385 and daughter of Flavius Julius Agricola, Consul of Roman Empire in 421 and the father of Avitus, who were the parents of Flavius Magnus, Senator of Narbonne , Consul of Roman Empire in 460 and Prefect of Gaul in 4...
 and he might have been the son of his father (b. 380) who was the husband of a daughter (b. 385) of Flavius Julius Agricola
Flavius Julius Agricola

Flavius Julius Agricola was a Roman consul of Roman Empire in 421. He was perhaps the father of Avitus, another son who was the father of Papianilla, wife of Tonantius Ferreolus , and a daughter, born in 385, married to ..., born in 380, a son of Ennodius , Proconsul of Africa Province, who might have been Flavius Felix , Roman consul of Rom...
, Consul
Roman consul

Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
 of Rome
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 in 421 and perhaps the father of Emperor Avitus
Avitus

Eparchius Avitus was Western Roman Emperor with the designation and name Dominus Noster Eparchius Avitus Augustus .Made magister militum by Emperor Petronius Maximus, Avitus was sent on a diplomatic mission to his old student, Theodoric II King of the Visigoths, and was at Theodoric's court in Toulouse when Gaiseric invaded Rom...
, being the parents of Flavius Magnus
Flavius Magnus

Flavius Magnus was a powerful politician in Gaul, where he was widely respected for his integrity and practical wisdom during the late age of the Western Roman Empire....
, Consul
Roman consul

Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
 of Rome
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 in 460 and Felix Ennodius
Felix Ennodius

Felix Ennodius was a Proconsul of Africa Province in ca 420 or 423.His father, born ca 380, might have been the son of Ennodius , Proconsul of Africa Province....
, Proconsul
Proconsul

Ancient RomeIn the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a promagistrate who, after serving as consul, spent a year as a Roman governor of a Roman province....
 in Africa
Africa Province

File:Roman Africa.JPGThe Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, north-eastern Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor....
 in ca 420 or 423.

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  • Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin
    Arnold Hugh Martin Jones

    Arnold Hugh Martin Jones was a prominent 20th century British historian of classical antiquity, particularly of the later Roman Empire....
    , John Robert Martindale, John Morris
    John Morris (historian)

    John Robert Morris was an English historian who specialised in the study of the institutions of the Roman Empire and the history of Sub-Roman Britain....
    , The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, "Fl. Constantius Felix 14", volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN ISBN 0521201594, pp. 461-462.