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Probianus was a member of the Petronii Probi, a family of the senatorial aristocracy. He was the son of Pompeius Probus

Pompeius Probus

Pompeius Probus was a politician of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy, active at the Eastern court under Emperors Galerius and Licinius.- Life :...

, consul in 310, the father of Petronius Probinus

Petronius Probinus (consul 341)

Petronius Probinus was an aristocrat and statesman of the Roman Empire, Roman consul and praefectus urbi of Rome.- Biography :...

, consul in 341, and of the poet Faltonia Betitia Proba

Faltonia Betitia Proba

Faltonia Betitia Proba was a Latin Roman Christian poetess, possibly the most influential Latin poetess of Late Antiquity....

, the grandfather of Sextus Petronius Probus, consul in 371.

Probaianus was proconsul

Proconsul

A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...

 of Africa in 315–317, 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, and 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...

(of Rome) from October 8, 329, to April 12, 331.

Sources

• Lizzi Testa, Rita, Senatori, popolo, papi: il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani, Edipuglia, 2004, ISBN 8872283922, p. 367.
• "Faltonia Proba", The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII, 1911, New York, Robert Appleton Company.