Apollonius (magister militum)

Apollonius (fl. 443–451) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Biography

Apollonius was a Pagan and well-educated.^[1] Before 448 he converted to Christianity.^[2] He received two letters by Theodoret.^[1][2]

He was magister militum praesentalis in the East at least since 443^[3] and until 451, when he was sent to Attila as ambassador; in that occasion the King of the Huns sent Apollonius back as he had not brought the tribute Attila had been expecting.^[4]

Apollonius might be the Flavius Apollonius consul in 460.

Notes

1. 1 2 Theodoret, Epistolae 73.
2. 1 2 Theodoret, Epistolae 103.
3. ↑ A law preserved in the Corpus Iuris Civilis (XII 54,4) and issued on January 28 443 was addressed to Apollonius.
4. ↑ Priscus, History, fragment 18.

Bibliography

• Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Apollonius 3", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4, p. 121.