Petrus (consul 516)
Roman politician
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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.
