Amnius Anicius Julianus was a politician of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

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Biography

Anicius Julianus was consul

Roman consul

A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...

 in 322 with Petronius Probianus

Petronius Probianus

- Life :Probianus was a member of the Petronii Probi, a family of the senatorial aristocracy. He was the son of Pompeius Probus, consul in 310, the father of Petronius Probinus, consul in 341, and of the poet Faltonia Betitia Proba, the grandfather of Sextus Petronius Probus, consul in...

, praefectus urbi

Praefectus urbi

The praefectus urbanus or praefectus urbi, in English the urban prefect, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, and held high importance in late Antiquity...

 Romae

Rome

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between 326

326

Year 326 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Constantinus...

 and 329

329

Year 329 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constatntinus and Constantinus...

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He is identified with the proconsul

Proconsul

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 of Africa proconsularis who, in 302, received a rescript (an answer to a request for clarification that Julianus had sent) from emperor Diocletian

Diocletian

Diocletian |latinized]] upon his accession to Diocletian . c. 22 December 244  – 3 December 311), was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305....

, which ordered the suppression of the Manichees in Africa, accused of being in contact with the Sasanid empire.

It has been proposed that the Julianus proconsul of Africa could have been active in 296–297 and that he was put to death by Maximian

Maximian

Maximian was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. Maximian established his residence at Trier but spent...

 with fabricated treason charges; his figure of rebel in Africa should be, therefore, linked to Sabinus Iulianus

Sabinus Iulianus

Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Iulianus was a Roman usurper against Emperor Carinus or Maximian...

, an usurper in Africa recorded in Aurelius Victor

Aurelius Victor

Sextus Aurelius Victor was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire.Aurelius Victor was the author of a History of Rome from Augustus to Julian , published ca. 361. Julian honoured him and appointed him prefect of Pannonia Secunda...

's Caesares 39.22.

Family

Some recent prosopographical studies have tried to reconstruct his family bonds. According to these studies, Julianus, probably born around 270, was son of Sextus Anicius Faustus Paulinus, consul in 298, and younger brother of Sextus Anicius Faustus Paulinus, consul

Roman consul

A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...

 in 325. He married Caesonia Manilia (born ca 275), daughter of Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus

Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus

Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus , was a Consul in 280. He was the son of Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinus and wife Manilia Lucilla , paternal grandson of Gaius Caesonius and maternal grandson of Tiberius Manilius Fuscus and wife Flavia Pollitta Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus...

 (or Rufinius), consul in 280; they had Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius

Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius

Amnius Anicius Paulinus, full name Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus Honorius was a politician of the Roman Empire.- Biography :...

, consul in 334.