Vir illustris information

The title vir illustris (lit. 'illustrious man') is used as a formal indication of standing in late antiquity to describe the highest ranks within the...

standard VIR cable, a type of electrical cable (Vulcanised Indian Rubber) Vir: The Robot Boy, Indian TV series Vir gloriosus Vir illustris Vir militaris...

distribution to the proper offices for transcription. Comes domesticorum: a vir illustris who was principal of the domestici, a corps of bodyguards of the Emperor...

proliferation, and hence debasement, of the earlier senatorial titles, such as vir illustris. The title was restricted to the highest functionaries of the state...

consul in 421. Avitus had two sons, Agricola (fl 455 – living 507, a vir illustris) and Ecdicius Avitus (later patricius and magister militum under Emperor...

ordinary members to the rank of vir spectabilis in the 5th century and of the decuriones further to the rank of vir illustris in the 6th century. After the...

him. The legend makes Anastasia the daughter of Praetextatus, a Roman vir illustris, and affirms that she had Chrysogonus as a teacher. Early in the persecution...

comites consistoriales. He held by virtue of his office the rank of vir illustris and was automatically a member of the senate of Rome or the senate of...

senatorial or equestrian rank was refined further with titles such as vir illustris ("illustrious man"). The appellation clarissimus (Greek lamprotatos)...

equestrian rank was refined further with additional titles, such as vir illustris, that were not inherited. Most Roman emperors indicated their choice...

(Latin: vir illustris; Greek: ἰλλούστριος, illoústrios); being his adsessor, Procopius must therefore have had at least the rank of a "visible man" (vir spectabilis)...

bestowed on him at least one noteworthy office, as in 511 he was already vir illustris. That same year he was appointed consul in the West, while Secundinus...

financial responsibilities. From there, he gained enough favour to become a vir illustris and eventually the acting Prefect. There is a theory that his close...

well rewarded for his political engagement, being granted the rank of vir illustris. The Roman Senate honored him with a statue in the Roman Forum in 400...

443, was proclaimed emperor in 455. Anicius Probus, mentioned as a vir illustris in AD 459. Anicius Olybrius, proclaimed emperor in AD 472. Anicia Juliana...

According to the Notitia Dignitatum, the quaestor held the rank of vir illustris and did not have a staff (officium) of his own, but was attached a number...

divina per Cappadociam of the Notitia), and was elevated in rank to vir illustris and the equivalent of quaestor. A separate praepositus was also established...

praeses, and it was also the seat of the dux Mesopotamiae, who ranked as vir illustris and commanded (c. 400) the following army units: Equites Dalmatae Illyriciani...

rank of Count: Vir illustris – The "Illustrious Men", Counts First Class Vir spectabilis – The "Admirable Men", Counts Second Class Vir clarissimus – The...

born in Rome to a distinguished family. His father, Anastasius, was a vir illustris, a high-ranking member of the Roman Senate. He may be identical with...

πύλη/πόρτα), named after the nearby early Byzantine monastery founded by a vir illustris of that name, was, after the Golden Gate, the second-most important...

Evidence for his life is scant. Manuscripts of his work call him a vir illustris, which would indicate high rank. Although Palladius relies heavily on...

Hermogenianus Olybrius and wife and cousin Anicia Juliana, praetor in 424 and vir illustris in 459, the parents of emperor Anicius Olybrius and another Anicius...

Rutili venerande, p. 4, 18 vir illustris (vir is a conjectural supplement here, but the identification of Rutilius as a vir illustris does not depend on it)...

and had: one son, Anicius Probus (fl. 424-459), praetor in 424 and vir illustris in 459, married to Adelphia, daughter of Valerius Adelphius and paternal...

citizens of Constantinople, respectively. He further decreed that only a vir illustris (a high-ranking man) could hold either office. He also partially repealed...