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