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Flavius Symmachus (fl. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy. Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), he was the brother of Boethius, with whom he shared the consulate, chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
Flavius Boethius (fl. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy. Life. Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Boethius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate, chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
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Symmachus was the son of a prominent aristocrat, Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, who had been twice urban prefect of Rome. His mother, whose name has not survived, was a daughter of Fabius Tatianus, consul in 337 and a two-term urban prefect. He had two brothers, both consulares (provincial governors) and one possibly a Christian, and a sister ...
Of his many writings, the following have survived: 1. Nine or ten books of letters, published by his son. Many of the letters are notes extending to a few lines only, addressed to a wide circle of relations, friends, and acquaintances. They relate for the most part to matters of little importance. The most famous letter is the most highly finished ...
Symmachus married Rusticiana, whose parents were Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, twice urban prefect of Rome (353-355; 357-359) and Constantia, possibly the daughter of Constantina and Hannibalianus.Their children included: 1. Galla, their oldest child who married Symmachus' friend Nicomachus Flavianus 2. Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus, aristocrat
Q. Aurelii Symmachi quae supersunt, ed. by Otto Seeck (Berlin, 1883; reprinted Munich, 2001), ISBN 3-921575-19-2. All surviving writings of Symmachus: letters, speeches and official reports, in the...R.H. Barrow, Prefect and Emperor; the Relationes of Symmachus, A.D. 384,with translation and notes by R.H. Barrow (parallel Latin text and English translation), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973.Richard Klein, Symmachus. Eine tragische Gestalt des ausgehenden Heidentums. Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft [Impulse der Forschung, Band 2]) 1971, ISBN 3-534-04928-4.Richard Klein, Der Streit um den Victoriaaltar. Darmstadt (WBG [Texte zur Forschung Band 7]) 1972, ISBN 3-534-05169-6."Symmachus (Family)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 286.Libri Decem Epistolarum (in Latin) (10 Books of Letter ed.) – via Wikisource.Quintus Aurelius Memmius Eusebius Symmachus (born c. 345—died 402, Ravenna [Italy]) was a Roman statesman, a brilliant orator and writer who was a leading opponent of Christianity. Symmachus was the son of a consular family of great distinction and wealth.
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Symmachus, Boethius's father-in-law, defended him against the charges but this only led to Symmachus himself being charged. Boethius was sentenced to death, the sentence was ratified by the Senate probably against its will, and it was carried out.
Books 8–10 were a late fifth- or early sixth- century addition, perhaps by the consul and son-in-law of Boethius, Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus. This complicated publication history has not, however, been fully considered by scholars who use these letters as simple reflections of fourth century aristocratic society and its values.
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Roman senator, orator, and epistolographer (cf. letters, latin), and leading proponent of the pagan religious cause against the Christian emperors, was educated by a Gallic teacher and enjoyed a highly successful political career.
