Vivianus
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Flavius Antoninus Messala Vivianus (fl. 459–463) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Biography
Vivianus was the father of Paulus (Consul in 512) and Adamantius.
He was Praetorian prefect of the East between 459 and 460. In 463 he was appointed Consul by the Eastern court, but he was not recognised in the West, where the only Consul was Caecina Decius Basilius.
Vivianus was well known as a generous and able administrator.
References
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Vivianus 2", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-521-20159-4, pp. 1179–1180.
| Preceded by | Consul of the Roman Empire 463 with Caecina Decius Basilius |
Succeeded by Flavius Rusticius, Anicius Olybrius |
| Preceded by
Flavius Constantinus
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Praetorian prefect of the East 459–460 |
Succeeded by — |
