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2 unusual facts about Probus


Burgundians

Zosimus (1.68) reports them being defeated by the emperor Probus in 278 in Gaul.

Probus, Cornwall

Trehane Barton is the former home of the Stackhouse family and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.


Augustan History

In the Life of Probus (Ch.XXIV, 1-3), the author 'Flavius Vopiscus of Syracuse' states that the Emperor's descendants (posteri) fled from Rome and settled near Verona.

Gallicanus II

He assisted at the Fourth Council of Orléans in 541 and was represented by a certain Probus at the fifth of Orléans.

Harry C. Giese

Giese was Foundation President and life member of numerous community service and sporting organisations, including the Royal Life Saving Society Australia (NT), Darwin Probus Club, Darwin Disaster Welfare Council after the 1974 destruction of Cyclone Tracy, and the Institute of Public Administration.

Loznica

Legend states that Loznica was named after the grape vines that were grown in this region, starting from the 3rd century BCin the time of Roman Emperor Probus.

Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus

His two sons Probinus and Olybrius continued the tradition by being the patrons of Claudian, who paints a flattering picture of Probus in his Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus written to celebrate his sons' joint consulship in 395.

Through his sons, Probus was the paternal grandfather of two Emperors, Petronius Maximus and Olybrius.

Vrdnik

The tower's builder supposedly was Roman emperor Probus in 287 During the reign of the Kingdom of Hungary, a new fortress was built in the 14th century on its remains, of which only the today's tower remained.


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