Aurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus Phosphorius (fl. 280-330) was a Consul of the Roman Empire in 330. He had been proconsul of Achaea in 319.
He was born around 280. He had a son, Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, whose son was the famous orator Quintus Aurelius Symmachus. He was a Neoplatonist who had not converted to Christianity. It is possible that his parents were Aurelius Hermogenes, a priest of Asia, and Tullia Valeria, a priestess.
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Bibliography
- Lizzi Testa, Rita, Senatori, popolo, papi: il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani, EDIPUGLIA, 2004, ISBN 88-7228-392-2, p. 382, 384.
- McWilliam, Joanne, Augustine: From Rhetor to Theologian, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-88920-203-6, p. 9.
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| Preceded by Constantine I, Constantine II |
Consul of the Roman Empire 330 with Gallicanus |
Succeeded by Junius Annius Bassus, Ablabius |
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