Puffer Genealogy

AFRANIUS, Flavius

Male Abt 345 - 399  (54 years)


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  • Name AFRANIUS, Flavius 
    Birth Abt 345  Rome, Lazio, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 399  Lyon, Rhone, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 399  Lyon, Rhone, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1872  Puffers
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 

    Children 
     1. AFRANIUS, Syagria,   b. Abt 390   d. Bef 490 (Age < 99 years)
    Family ID F12222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He was a Roman politician and administrator. He was of paternal Roman d escent as a Gallo-Roman Senator. He became proconsul of Africa in 379, p raefectus Urbis Romae in 381, praefectus praetorio Italiae in 382 and w as consul with Flavius Claudius Antonius in 382. Afranius was the family name, and Syagrius was a cognomen meaning "wild b oar." He was buried in Lyon, France, then Lugdunum, beneath an imposing m onument at the city gate, "not quite a full bowshot" from the church, a nd a statue of him was erected in the city.