Eusebius (Consul 347)
Flavius Eusebius (* probably in Thessalonike ; † before 352) was a consul in late Roman antiquity .
Eusebius' year of birth is unknown; his family probably came from Thessalonica in Macedonia . He was of low origin and rose to the military. Before 347 he was magister equitum et peditum , that is, as an army master ( magister militum ) responsible for both cavalry and infantry. Perhaps he served under Constantius II , who was emperor in the east of the empire at the time. In 347 he became consul with Vulcacius Rufinus . He was the first in his family to receive this honor.
Eusebius was probably the father of Hypatius and Eusebius , who held the consulate together in 359. However, his daughter Eusebia , who married the emperor Constantius II and thus gained considerable influence at the imperial court, became better known. At the wedding in the winter of 352 to 353, however, Eusebius had already died.
literature
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Flavius Eusebius 39. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , pp. 307-308 ( online version ).
- Adolf Lippold : Eusebios 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 458.
- Otto Seeck : Eusebios 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1366.
Remarks
- ↑ Codex Theodosianus 11,1,1 - a law that grants the domus clarissimae memoriae Eusebii ex consule et ex magistro equitum et peditum tax exemptions.
- ↑ CIL 10,477
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eusebius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eusebius, Flavius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul 347 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 304 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Thessalonike |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 352 |