Boethius (consul 522)

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Flavius Boethius (fl. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.

## Life

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Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius[1] and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Boethius 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] Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.[4]

John R.C. Martyn suggests that Boethius had three children:[4]

* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ AE 1961, 284
3. ^ Procopius of Caesarea, Bellum Gothicum, I.2.5.
4. ^ a b John R.C. Martyn (2006). "A New Family Tree for Boethius", Parergon, 23, pp. 5–8 doi:10.1353/pgn.2006.0082

## Bibliography

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* CIL IX, 2074 CIL X, 4496
* Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, John, eds. (1980). "Fl. Boethius 3". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. II. p. 232\. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.

Political offices

Preceded by

Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus,
Valerius

|  Roman consul
522
with Symmachus | Succeeded by

Anicius Maximus