Michael Matthew Groat PhD's Genealogical Database

Individuals: 97,713  Families: 61,838  
Gedcom Last Modified: December 14, 2025 00:59:10

Afranius Syagrius


Preferred Parents:
Father: Afranius Flaccilus Aelianus, b. 2 JAN 312 in Lugdunum, Gaul, Roman Empire   d. 2 MAY 352 in Roma, Lazio, Italien
Mother: Papinilla syagrious of Rome, b. 313 in Rome, Lazio, Italy   d. 353

Family 1: Clarrisima ,    b. 353 in , Italy    d. 423 in , Italy
  1. Afranius Syagrius Aegidius Of Lyon, Of Galatia, Governor Of Gaul, b. 393 in Lugdunum, Gaul, Roman Empire     d. 464 in Kingdom of Soissons, Gaul, France, Roman Empire
Sources:
  1. Title: "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700," by Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall
    Author: Full Title: "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals" Genealogical Publishing Com, 2004
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PP18&dq=Christian+Settipani,+Les+Anc%C3%AAtres+de+Charlemagne&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj416z3sOHJAhWKOz4KHV2RDusQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q=Flavius%20Afranius%20Syagrious&f=false;
  2. Title: TDCRblog -chronological history Flavius Afranius Syagrius "Ties of the Time" good description of Roman Administration and his place in it
    Publication: Name: https://tdcrblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/flavius-afranius-syagrius/;
    Note: Flavius Afranius Syagrius Deep, deep down at the buried roots of our family tree is Flavius Afranius Syagrius. And the controversy over who did what when starts right here. Some things we think we know – his family name, his birth and death, where he was from. We know he served in the Roman government as a politician and administrator, but there is controversy surrounding his service because a relative with a close name served at the same time…we think. He was born about 345 in Lyon, France, then known as Lugdunum. He died in 390 and was “buried beneath an imposing monument at the city gate, “not quite a full bowshot” from the church, and a statue of him was erected in the city,” according to a post in Wikis Encylopedia. I searched for another reference to the burial and statue and couldn’t find anything. Flavius Afranius Syagrius’ career started in 369, serving Emporer Valentinian I as a notarius. He would have been about 24 years old. “On several occasions we find emperors entrusting missions of considerable importance their notarii,” says author N.J.E. Austin and N.B. Rankov in “Exploratio: Military & Political Intelligence in the Roman World…” “… in 369 the notarius Syagrius was to ensure that the local dux Arator should speed up the construction of a fort across the Rhine in Alamannic territory near Heidelberg. The protests of the Alamanni were ignored, they attacked, and Syagrius alone survived the ensuing massacre of the construction force.” He was charged with the task of delivering an order and supervising the execution of them by dux Arator. According to Ammianus, Syagrius was the only survivor. Syagrius incurred the emperor’s wrath on bringing the news and was dismissed from service. For 10 years he dedicated himsef to private life, a Wikipedia site says. “He continued his career under Emperor Gratian, possibly because of his friendship with the poet Ausonius,” Wikipedia and other sources say. Afranius was magister memoriae in 379 at age 34ish. In this position, Syagrius was responsible for receiving the decision of the emperor on any subject and communicate it to the public or the people involved in the decision. Sounds like a modern day press secretary or public relations officer. (Amm. Marc. XV.5, XXVII.6 as written in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875 in an article by William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D The same year he became Proconsul of Africa. A proconsul was a governor or military commander of a province. The Proconsul acted on behalf of and had the power of a Consul of a region. Between June 18, 380, and the spring of 382, he is attested as Praetorian Prefect of Italy. In this capacity he was responsible for the imperial guard and the administration of justice. According to Wikipedia, “Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders becoming the Emperor’s chief aides. Under Constantine I, the office was much reduced in power and transformed into a purely civilian administrative post, while under his successors, territorially-defined praetorian prefectures emerged as the highest-level administrative division of the Empire. The prefects again functioned as the chief ministers of the state, with many laws addressed to them by name.” It is my guess that it is those named laws which give us such good information about Syagrius. It also could be the reason for our confusion, which I’ll explain in a moment. In 381, now about 36 and he also was Praefectus Urbi of Rome. The praefectus urbanus, or praefectus urbi, in English the urban prefect, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, and held high importance in late Antiquity. The office survived the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and the last urban prefect of Rome, named Iohannes, is attested in 599.[1] In the East, in Constantinople, the office survived until the 13th century. The following year, 382, he was named Consul. After the Romans got rid of Kings they devised a system where two consuls were elected for one-year terms. The theory behind it was corruption would be limited with two consuls. “A consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic, and the consulship was considered the highest level of the cursus honorum (the sequential order of public offices through which aspiring politicians sought to ascend). Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term,” says Wikipedia. For more information on Roman Consuls, try this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul. I’ve been exploring around on it and the images for the last hour. That’s my problem with doing this type of research. I get sidetracked too easily! This research is doing a number on my OCD. There isn’t much out there and just when I think I’m getting close to nailing down a fact, it evaporates. I’m just going to share what I’ve found out so far and then add or correct as I go. For example, many sites trace Flavius Afranius Syagrius’ age. But something is not adding up because you had to be at least 41 to be Consul, and if born in 345, he was just 37. This man lived 1,672 years ago. It’s amazing we know anything! He lived for about 45 years, but his name and his family lives on today.
  3. Title: Geneanet -Flavius Africanus Syagirus's NOTE: site has errors in dates
    Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/gmichel11?lang=en&n=syagrius&oc=0&p=flavius+africanus;
  4. Title: Genopro -Flavius's Family Tree
    Publication: Name: http://familytrees.genopro.com/geraldbieniek/LeeHistory/Syagrius-FlaviusAfranius-ind02272.htm;
  5. Title: "The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395," by Assistant Professor Department of Classical Studies David S Potter
    Author: Routledge, Jan 3, 2014
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=7HKFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA532&dq=Flavius+Afranius+Syagrius&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi864v8seHJAhXGGR4KHafLCocQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q=Flavius%20Afranius%20Syagrius&f=false;
  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Syagrius Afranius of Gaul Consul to Rome - birth: after 0350;
    Author: "Through the Ages" by Alf Henrikson. Crescent book, New York An Illustrated Chronicle of Events from 2000 BC to the Pr, Henrikson, Alf, Crescent Books, New York, Page number: Henrikson AD341-400.
  7. Title: Wikiwand: Flavius Afranius Syagrius
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Flavius_Afranius_Syagrius;
  8. Title: Wikipedia - Syagrius genealogy
    Author: References ^ Dill, Samuel (1898). Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire. London: Macmillan. p. 168. Retrieved Feb 22, 2021. ^ Clinton, Henry Fynes. Fasti Romani: Appendix. From the death of Augustus to the death of Heraclius. 1850: Oxford University Press. p. 124. Retrieved Feb 22, 2021. ^ Halfond, Greg (2012). "All the King's Men: Episcopal Political Loyalties in the Merovingian Kingdoms". Medieval Prosopography. 27: 76–96. Retrieved Feb 22, 2021."Although Syagrius was almost certainly a member of one of the most distinguished families of southern Gaul, the Syagrii, a precise genealogy has never been worked out for its numerous members;"
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syagrii;
    Note: Syagrii From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Syagrii were an aristocratic family in late antique Gaul during the fourth and fifth centuries. The family was particularly associated with Gallia Lugdunensis (Lyons), and their family seat was located in the area of Augustodunum (Autun).[1] Important members of the family were: Flavius Syagrius, Consul in 381.[2] Afranius Syagrius, Consul in 382 Aegidius, magister militum per Gallias under Majorian from 458, and ruler of the Roman rump state of Soissons (Noviodunum) from 461 to his death in 464 or 465. Syagrius, son of the preceding, Roman general and ruler of the rump state of Soissons from 464 to 486. Desideratus of Verdun (d.554), bishop of Verdun and father of Syagrius of Autun. Syagrius of Autun, Bishop of Autun (d.600)[3] son of Desideratus of Verdun.
  9. Title: Geni
    Publication: Name: http://www.geni.com/people/Flavius-Afranius-Syagrius/6000000005796966019;
  10. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/30350343;
  11. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  12. Title: Wikipedia -Flavius Afranius Syagrius
    Author: CLRE – Roger S. Bagnall; Alan Cameron; Seth R. Schwartz & Klaas A. Worp (1987). Consuls of the Later Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 1-55540-099-X. PLRE 1 – Jones, A.H.M.; J.R. Martindale & J. Morris (1971). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire Volume 1: A.D. 260–395. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-07233-6. Potter, David Stone, The Roman Empire at Bay: Ad 180-395, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0-415-10057-7, pp. 545–546.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavius_Afranius_Syagrius;
    Note: Afranius Syagrius[i] (fl. 345–382) was a Roman politician and administrator. Life Afranius was a member of the Roman aristocratic family of the Syagrii, which originated in Lyon.[3] In the same years in which Afranius lived, another Syagrius is attested (he was consul in 381), but it is not always possible to distinguish the career of the two Syagrii. In 369 he is attested as notarius; in that year the Roman Emperor Valentinian I removed him from his office after a failed military operation, and Afranius dedicated himself to private life. He continued his career under Emperor Gratian, possibly because of his friendship with the poet Ausonius. Afranius was magister memoriae in 379, when someone named Theodorus succeeded him. Between June 18, 380, and August of 382 he is attested as Praetorian prefect of Italy.[3] In 381 he was also praefectus urbi of Rome and Consul in 382.
  13. Title: Wikipedia - Afrania gens
    Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Brutus, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, Epistulae ad Atticum, Philippicae. Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War). Aulus Hirtius (attributed), De Bello Africo (On the African War). Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Epistulae. Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome. Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History. Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings). Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), Epigrammata (Epigrams). Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory). Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistulae (Letters). Plutarchus, Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrania_gens;
    Note: The gens Afrania was a plebeian family at Rome, which is first mentioned in the second century BC. The first member of this gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Afranius Stellio, who became praetor in 185 BC.[1] Origin The nomen Afranius belongs to a class of gentilicia derived from surnames ending in -anus, typically derived from place names.[2] The Afranii may have been of Picentine origin. Lucius Afranius, who held the consulship in 60 BC, was from Picenum, and a Titus Afranius or Afrenius was one of the leaders of the allies during the Social War.[3] Praenomina The main praenomina used by the Afranii were Lucius, Publius, Gaius, Gnaeus and Sextus. There are also several occurrences of Marcus and Quintus, while other praenomina occur infrequently, with individual instances of Aulus, Spurius, and Titus. Branches and cognomina The only cognomen of the Afranii in the time of the Republic is Stellio, referring to a spotted newt or lizard, perhaps with the implication that the bearer was crafty. Other surnames are found under the Empire.[1][4][5] Members This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation. Gaius Afranius Stellio, praetor in 185 BC, and triumvir for founding a colony in 183.[6][7] Gaius Afranius C. f. Stellio, served in the war against Perseus, and was taken captive at the surrender of the Roman garrison at Uscana, 169 BC.[8] Lucius Afranius, a comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the first century BC.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Titus Afranius, one of the leaders of the Italian confederates in the Social War.[19][20] Lucius Afranius A. f., legate of Gnaeus Pompeius, and consul in 60 BC.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Spurius Afranius, appears on coins.[33] Marcus Afranius, appears on coins.[33] Gaia Afrania, wife of the senator Licinius Buccio.[34][35] Lucius Afranius L. l. Buccio, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[36] Lucius Afranius L. f. A. n., negotiated with Caesar in Hispania for his life and that of his father.[37] Publius Afranius Potitus, having vowed to sacrifice himself in order to bring about the recovery of Caligula from an illness, was cruelly put to death by the emperor to fulfill the promise.[38][39] Sextus Afranius Burrus, a general in the time of Claudius, who served as tutor and advisor to the emperor Nero. When he refused to assist Nero in ridding himself of his mother, and then his wife, the emperor had Burrus poisoned, in AD 62.[40][41][42] Afranius Quintianus, a senator, was compelled to commit suicide as a result of his part in Piso's conspiracy against Nero in AD 65.[43] Sextus Afranius Prifernas, named in a funerary inscription from Rome, dating to AD 70.[44] Gnaeus Afranius Dexter, a friend of the epigrammatist Marcus Valerius Martialis, was consul suffectus from the Kalends of May in AD 105. He was murdered in early July.[45][46][47] Publius Afranius Apthorus, named in a list of donors at Veleia dating to the reign of Trajan.[48] Afranius Priscus, named in a list of donors at Veleia in the reign of Trajan.[48] Afrania Musa, named in a list of donors at Veleia in the reign of Trajan.[48] Publius Afranius Flavianus, consul in AD 117.[47] Gnaeus Afranius, the grandfather of Gnaeus Afranius Priscus Sabinianus.[49] Gnaeus Afranius Sabinus, the father of Gnaeus Afranius Priscus Sabinianus.[49] Gnaeus Afranius Cn. f. Cn. f. Priscus Sabinianus, buried at Aesernia in Samnium, during the second century AD.[49] Lucius Afranius L. f. Sedatus, a native of Sutrium, was a soldier in the praetorian guard in AD 197.[50] Gaius Afranius Victor, one of the vigiles in the time of Septimius Severus.[51] Marcus Afranius Hannibal, tribune of a cohort in the thirtieth legion in Pannonia, some time in the late third century.[52] Afranius Hannibalianus, a senator and military officer, consul in AD 292. Afranius Syagrius, consul in AD 382. Imperial Afranii of uncertain date: Afrania L. l., daughter of Urania, a freedwoman, buried at Narbo, aged eleven.[53] Gnaeus Afranius, the father of Gnaeus Afranius Bromius.[54] Lucius Afranius, named in an inscription from Begastrum in Hispania Citerior.[55] Publius Afranius, the former master of Publius Afranius Hermes and Afrania Romana.[56] Publius Afranius, the father of Publius Afranius Secundus.[57] Quintus Afranius, named in an inscription from Rome.[58] Quintus Afranius, the former master of Quintus Afranius Cresimus.[59] Gaius Afranius Apollinaris, a soldier in the praetorian guard.[60] Gnaeus Afranius Cn. f. Bromius, the husband of Numisia Marcella, buried at Aufidenia in Samnium.[54] Lucius Afranius Cerealis, the former master of Lucius Afranius Eros and Afrania Procilla.[53] Lucius Afranius Clementianus, buried at Thugga in Africa Proconsularis.[61] Lucius Afranius Corinthus, named in a funerary inscription from Brundisium.[62] Quintus Afranius Q. l. Cresimus, named in an inscription from Rome.[59] Lucius Afranius L. l. Eros, a freedman, and the husband of Afrania Procilla, was one of the Sodales Augustales at Tarraco in Hispania Tarraconensis.[53] Marcus Afranius Euporius, one of the Sodales at Olisipo.[63] Sextus Afranius Firmus, named in a libationary inscription from Carnuntum in Pannonia Superior.[64] Lucius Afranius Fortunatianus, buried at Thugga, aged seventeen.[65] Gnaeus Afranius Hermes, buried at Portus.[66] Publius Afranius P. l. Hermes, the husband of Afrania Romana, was a freedman buried at Rome.[56] Afrania Hermione, named in an inscription from Rome.[67] Afrania Hilara, buried at Carnuntum, aged twenty-five.[68] Quintus Afranius Ingenuus, buried at Thuburnica in Africa Proconsularis, aged eighty-five.[69] Lucius Afranius Ipocrates, freedman of Galliopa, buried at Belianes in Hispania Citerior, aged thirty-six.[70] Sextus Afranius S. f. Lautus, son of Afrania Prote, buried at Rome, aged ten years, nine months, and four days.[71] Publius Afranius Major, a soldier in the fifteenth legion, named in a funerary inscription from Carnuntum.[68] Lucius Afranius Maritimus, husband of Julia Severa and father of Lucius Afranius Severus.[72] Sextus Afranius Optatus, named in a funerary inscription from Rome.[73] Sextus Afranius Philetus, buried at Tarquinii, aged fifty-six.[74] Gaius Afranius Plocamus, named in an inscription from Rome.[67] Afrania L. l. Procilla, a freedwoman, and the wife of Lucius Afranius Eros.[53] Afrania Prote, mother of Sextus Afranius Lautus.[71] Afrania P. l. Romana, wife of Publius Afranius Hermes, was a freedwoman buried at Rome, aged twenty-two years, seven months.[56] Publius Afranius P. f. Secundus, a native of Hadrumetum, was buried at Lambaesis in Numidia, aged seventeen years, twenty-eight days.[57] Sextus Afranius Serenus, named in a funerary inscription from Rome.[75] Lucius Afranius Successus, buried at Thugga, aged forty-seven.[76] Lucius Afranius L. f. Severus, son of Lucius Afranius Maritimus and Julia Severa, buried at Albintimilium in Liguria, aged fourteen.[72] Lucius Afranius Victor, a veteran of the third legion, buried at the present site of Mechta Tafsa, formerly part of Mauretania Caesariensis.[77] Publius Afranius Victor, husband of Claudia Ingenua, a centurion buried at Matrica in Pannonia Inferior, aged fifty.[78]
    Page: the Bibliography is extensive see original for complete list
  14. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Syagrius Afranius of Gaul Consul to Rome - birth: after 0350;
    Author: "Through the Ages" by Alf Henrikson. Crescent book, New York An Illustrated Chronicle of Events from 2000 BC to the Pr, Henrikson, Alf, Crescent Books, New York, Page number: Henrikson AD341-400.
  15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Syagrius Afranius of Gaul Consul to Rome - birth: after 0350;
    Author: "Through the Ages" by Alf Henrikson. Crescent book, New York An Illustrated Chronicle of Events from 2000 BC to the Pr, Henrikson, Alf, Crescent Books, New York, Page number: Henrikson AD341-400.
    Note: birth: after 0350; Henrickson's states Boris II was Russian, when actually he was Bulgarian, great grandson of Romanus I Lecapenus.
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737223054
Master Index | Pedigree Chart | Descendency Chart
Please send genealogical corrections, additions, or comments to Michael Matthew Groat PhD
Created by GIMMWebService Version 1.0.3 (Program Information), Copyright 2023 © Michael Groat
(Web design layout and pedigree indentation subroutine) Copyright 1996 © Randy Winch (gumby@edge.net) and Tim Doyle (tdoyle@doit.com)
(Internal GEDCOM data structures and GEDCOM file parsing) Copyright 2014-2021 © Giulio Genovese (giulio.genovese@gmail.com)

Like the program that you see? Any support is appreciated!

Paypal