Boethius (consul 522)
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Flavius Boethius (fl. 522–526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius[1] and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba), Boethius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate,[2] chosen by the Ostrogothic court.
His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus.[3] Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.[4]
John R.C. Martyn suggests that Boethius had three children:[4]
- Boethius, who is known to be Primate of Byzacena in North Africa;
- Symmachus, a patrician, who was still alive in February 601;
- Rusticiana, a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great and patron of the Catholic church in Rome; her daughter Eusebia married into the Apion family of Byzantine Egypt, and Eusebia's son was Strategius Apion.