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Taurus (consul 428)

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Flavius Taurus (Greek: Ταύρος; died 449) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, Consul in 428.

He was the son of Aurelianus, Consul in 400 and powerful Praetorian prefect of the East, and nephew of the Taurus who was Consul in 361. His son, Taurus Clementinus Armonius Clementinus, was consul in 513.

As his father, his grandfather and his uncle Flavius Eutychianus before him, he was Consul, in 428, and Praetorian prefect (of the East); he had also the rank of patricius between 433 and 434.

Bibliography

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  • Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, p. 1146
Political offices
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Empire
428
with Flavius Felix
Succeeded by
Preceded by Praetorian prefect of the East
433–434
Succeeded by
Preceded by Praetorian prefect of the East
445
Succeeded by