Apollinare (Latin: Apollinaris; floruit 408-409; ... - ...) was a politician of the Roman empire of Gallic origin, grandfather of the poet Sidonio Apollinare. Biography modifies wikitesto
Native of Auvergne, he was the son of a senior officer. He had at least four children: Apollinare, Simplicio and Taumasto, more than a quarter of an unknown name, father of Gaio Sollio Sidonio Apollinare. He was the first of the family to receive baptism.
Servants under Constantine Constantine "III" and his Constant Child II, as Prefect of the Praetorian Galli and Praefectus urbi of Arelate. In 408 he accompanied Constant, at the Caesar era, to Spain; was probably replaced by Decimio Rustico, by the appointment of Constant Augustus (probably in 409).
He was buried in Auvergne; his grave had an epitaph of niece (CIL XIII, 2352). Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto
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