Flavius Apion I.

Flavius Apion (I.) († before 533) was a high late Roman military and civil servant.

Flavius Apion came from the wealthy and influential Apions family from Egypt . In 503 he was already Patricius . He was appointed Quartermaster General by Emperor Anastasios I to organize the defense of Amida during the Persian War . When this failed, he fell from grace and was recalled. In 510 he was exiled. In the reign of Justin I he was allowed to return and was even appointed Praetorian Prefect of the East in 518 .

He was originally a Miaphysite Christian, but later changed his denomination and professed Orthodoxy. Severus of Antioch dedicated the work Against Eutyches to him and to Patricius Paulus . Apion's son Flavius Strategius held high offices like his father and expanded the influence of the family.

Remarks

↑ Even if this Flavius Apion is referred to as Flavius Apion I in the specialist literature, a certain Flavius Apion, who is the earliest known family member of the Apions, lived in the late 5th / early 6th century.
↑ On his person see John Morris, John Martindale: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume 2, Cambridge 1980, pp. 111f.
^ Pseudo- Joshua Stylites , Chronicle 54.

personal data
SURNAME	Flavius Apion I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	late Roman military and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH	before 503
DATE OF DEATH	between 518 and 533

[1] Even if this Flavius Apion is referred to as Flavius Apion I in the specialist literature, a certain Flavius Apion, who is the earliest known family member of the Apions, lived in the late 5th / early 6th century.

[2] On his person see John Morris, John Martindale: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume 2, Cambridge 1980, pp. 111f.

[3] Pseudo- Joshua Stylites , Chronicle 54.

Flavius ​​Apion I.

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Flavius Apion I.