Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus
Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus was a Roman consul and Patricius .
Cethegus was the son of Petronius Probinus, who had been consul in 489 and Patricius from 511 to 512 . In 504 he became consul without a colleague. From 512 to approx. 558 he was Patricius and later Magister officiorum and chairman of the Senate ( caput senatus ).
During the siege of Rome by Totila in 545, he was accused of treason and withdrew to Constantinople . In the years 552/553 he negotiated for Justinian I with Pope Vigilius . Under Pope Pelagius I (556-561) he returned to Italy and lived in Sicily.
Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus is the historical model for Cornelius Cethegus Caesarius, one of the protagonists in Felix Dahn's novel A Battle for Rome .
See also
literature
- John Robert Martindale: Fl. Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 , pp. 281-282.
- Ludo Moritz Hartmann : Cethegus 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 2012 f.
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| SURNAME | Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus, Rufius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petronius Nicomachus, Rufius; Nicomachus Cethegus, Rufius Petronius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 504 and Patricius |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 504 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 556 |