Petrus (consul 516)

Flavius Petrus (fl. 506–516) was a Roman politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great. He held the consulship without colleague in 516.^[1]

According to Cassiodorus, Petrus was from a distinguished noble family (parentum luce conspicuus).^[2] Ennodius wrote him a congratulatory letter in 506 for receiving an office,^[3] likely of lower rank than vir inlustris.^[1] In 510 or 511, Theodoric asked the praefectus urbi Argolicus to appoint Petrus to the Senate.^[1]

In 516, Petrus obtained the Roman consulate in the West sine collega (without colleague),^[1] after which nothing is known about him.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d A. H. M. Jones; J. R. Martindale; J. Morris (1980). "Fl. Petrus 28". The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 2, AD 395-527. Cambridge University Press. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-521-20159-9.
^ Cassiodorus. "Variae IV 25, ARGOLICO V. I. P. U. THEODERICUS REX" – via The Latin Library.
^ Ennodius. "Epistulae V 8, ENNODIVS PETRO" – via the Internet Archive.

Political offices
Preceded by Florentius & Procopius Anthemius	Roman consul 516	Succeeded by Agapitus & Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius

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[JonesMartindale1980-1] A. H. M. Jones; J. R. Martindale; J. Morris (1980). "Fl. Petrus 28". The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 2, AD 395-527. Cambridge University Press. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-521-20159-9.

[2] Cassiodorus. "Variae IV 25, ARGOLICO V. I. P. U. THEODERICUS REX" – via The Latin Library.

[3] Ennodius. "Epistulae V 8, ENNODIVS PETRO" – via the Internet Archive.

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