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Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus.
6th century Roman historian and politician
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About Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus was a 6th-century Roman aristocrat, a historian and a supporter of Nicene Christianity. He was a patron of secular learning, and became the consul for the year 485. He supported Pope Symmachus in the schism over that Pope's election, and was executed with his son-in-law Boethius after being charged with treason.
Everything about Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus →- Occupation
- politician, historian, poet
- Position held
- ancient Roman senator, Praefectus urbi
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 450
- Died
- 526, 525