Apollonius (magister militum)

Apollonius
Apollonius
Nationality	Eastern Roman Empire
Occupation	General

Apollonius (Greek: Άπολλώνιος; 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 who was consul in 460.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Theodoret, Epistolae 73.
^ ^a ^b Theodoret, Epistolae 103.
^ A law preserved in the Corpus Iuris Civilis (XII 54,4) and issued on January 28 443 was addressed to Apollonius.
^ 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.

[theod73-1] Theodoret, Epistolae 73.

[theod103-2] 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.

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