Quintus aurelius biography sample

Roman historian and politician (d. 526)

Not to be confused with Quintus Aurelius Symmachus or Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446).

Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (died 526) was a 6th-century Roman aristocrat, a historian and a supporter of Nicene Christianity.^[1] He was a patron of secular learning, and became the consul for the year 485.

Quintus aurelius biography sample

He supported Pope Symmachus in the schism over the Popes' election, and was executed with his son-in-law Boethius after being charged with treason.

Biography

He belonged to the Symmachi, one of the richest and most influential senatorial families in Rome; his father, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, had been consul in 446.

Memmius Symmachus had three daughters (Rusticiana, Galla and Proba) and adopted the young Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius when his father died; later Boethius married Rusticiana, and the couple had two sons, Symmachus and Boethius, both consuls in 522.

Memmius Symmach