Paulus (consul 496)


Flavius Paulus was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Family

Paulus was the brother of Anastasius I. His family was Illyrian, and he was the son of Pompeius, a nobleman from Dyrrachium, and Anastasia Constantina, an Arian and a paternal great-granddaughter of the Roman caesar Constantius Gallus and his wife, Constantina.

Life

In 496 he was appointed consul without colleague. He married Magna; they had a daughter, Irene, who married Olybrius, a member of the House of Theodosius.