Boethius (consul 522)
Flavius Boethius (fl. 522-526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius[1] and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Flavius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate,[2] chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus.[3] Flavius Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.[4]
John R.C. Martyn suggests that Flavius had three children:[5]
- Boethius, who is known to be Primate of Byzacena in North Africa;
- Symmachus, a patrician, who was still alive in February 601;
- Rusticiana, a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great and patron of the Catholic church in Rome; her daughter Eusebia married into the Apion family of Byzantine Egypt, and Eusebia's son was Strategius Apion.
Notes
^ Boethius does not mention the name of his sons in his The Consolation of Philosophy, but in II.3.8, 4.7 he mentions their joint consulate.
^ AE 1961, 284
^ Procopius of Caesarea, Bellum Gothicum, I.2.5.
^ John R.C. Martyn, "A New Family Tree for Boethius", Parergon, 23 (2006), p. 6 doi:10.1353/pgn.2006.0082
^ Martyn, "A New Family Tree", pp. 5-8
Bibliography
CIL IX, 2074 CIL X, 4496
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus, Flavius Valerius | Consul of the Roman Empire 522 with Symmachus | Succeeded by Anicius Maximus |

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