Paulinus (consul 498)
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Flavius Paulinus was a Roman politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great
, and was appointed consul
for the year 498.
. In 510 Paulinus became a patricius.
Between 507 and 511 Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
and Rufius Postumius Festus brought a lawsuit against Paulinus at Rome, but the actual accusation is unknown.
Paulinus was a friend and a supporter of Pope Felix III
. King Theodoric of the Ostrogoths gave him all the unused barns of Rome. Some scholars have identified Paulinus with the "ex-consul Paulinus" referred to by Boethius in his De consolatio phililosophiae (I.4.13), whom Boethius had defended the properties from the avarice of certain courtiers. If so, then these unnamed courtiers would not have included Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, who was Boethius' father-in-law.
Theodoric the Great
Theodoric the Great was king of the Ostrogoths , ruler of Italy , regent of the Visigoths , and a viceroy of the Eastern Roman Empire...
, and was appointed consul
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
for the year 498.
Life
Paulinus was appointed consul in 498, sharing the office with the Eastern consul, John the HunchbackJohn the Hunchback
John the Hunchback or John Gibbo was a general and a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :John was a native of Selymbria, modern Silivri in Turkey....
. In 510 Paulinus became a patricius.
Between 507 and 511 Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus was a Roman aristocrat and a historian of the 6th century. Prominent during his lifetime for as a patron of secular learning, consul for the year 485, and for his support of Pope Symmachus in the schism over his election, Memmius Symmachus was executed with his...
and Rufius Postumius Festus brought a lawsuit against Paulinus at Rome, but the actual accusation is unknown.
Paulinus was a friend and a supporter of Pope Felix III
Pope Felix III
Pope Saint Felix III was pope from March 13, 483 to january 3, 492. His repudiation of the Henoticon is considered the beginning of the Acacian schism.-Biography:...
. King Theodoric of the Ostrogoths gave him all the unused barns of Rome. Some scholars have identified Paulinus with the "ex-consul Paulinus" referred to by Boethius in his De consolatio phililosophiae (I.4.13), whom Boethius had defended the properties from the avarice of certain courtiers. If so, then these unnamed courtiers would not have included Aurelius Memmius Symmachus, who was Boethius' father-in-law.
Further reading
- Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Paulinus 11", Prosopography of the Later Roman EmpireProsopography of the Later Roman EmpireProsopography of the Later Roman Empire is a set of three volumes collectively describing every person attested or claimed to have lived in the Roman world from AD 260, the date of the beginning of Gallienus' sole rule, to 641, the date of the death of Heraclius, which is commonly held to mark the...
, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0521201594, p. 847.