Severinus iunior

Severinus iunior (probably Flavius Severinus [iunior] ) was a Roman politician in the second half of the 5th century AD.

Severinus, about whom little is known, held the consulate for the western part of the empire in 482 . Even though Odoacer ruled Italy at this time , who had deposed the last Western Emperor in 476, the consulate was retained, which was still associated with high honors. The fact that Severinus was able to hold this office indicates his noble descent. In modern research it is believed that the consul of the year 461, Flavius Severinus , was his father.

In the Roman Colosseum a permanent seat was reserved for this time in the name of a former consul named Severinus. It is not clear whether this refers to Flavius Severinus or Severinus iunior.

literature

John Robert Martindale, John Morris: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 , p. 1001 (Severinus 3).

Remarks

↑ Dirk Henning: Periclitans res Publica. Empire and elites in the crisis of the Western Roman Empire, 454 / 5–493 (= Historia individual writings. Volume 133). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1999, p. 104.
↑ CIL 000006 VI, 32206
↑ See Alan Cameron , Diane Schauer: The last Consul. Basil and his diptych. In: The Journal of Roman Studies 72, 1982, pp. 126–145, here p. 128, note 13.

personal data
SURNAME	Severinus iunior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Flavius Severinus; Severinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH	5th century
DATE OF DEATH	5th century

[1] Dirk Henning: Periclitans res Publica. Empire and elites in the crisis of the Western Roman Empire, 454 / 5–493 (= Historia individual writings. Volume 133). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1999, p. 104.

[2] CIL 000006 VI, 32206

[3] See Alan Cameron , Diane Schauer: The last Consul. Basil and his diptych. In: The Journal of Roman Studies 72, 1982, pp. 126–145, here p. 128, note 13.