Anicia Faltonia Proba
Anicia Faltonia Proba (died in Africa, 432) was a Roman noblewoman of the gens
Biography
Proba's father was
In 395 she was already a widow. A Christian, she was in contact with several members of the cultural circles of her age, among which Augustine of Hippo[3] and John Chrysostom,[4] in favour of whom she acted.
Proba was in Rome during the
Proba inherited several possessions in Asia, and sold them to give the money to the Church and to the poor. She died in Africa in 432; it is known that her husband had been buried in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in a tomb where Proba was to be buried too.[8]
As several other women in her family, Proba was well-educated. Anicia probably composed the epigraph in honour of the husband, and her granddaughter Demetrias was a friend of Jerome's, who describes her as well educated.
Notes
- ^ Jones.
- ^ CIL VI, 1754; CIL VI, 1754.
- ^ Augustine addressed to Proba his letters number 130 and 131, to Proba and her daughter-in-law Anicia Iuliana his letter number 150, and cited Proba in De bono vid. (24).
- ^ John wrote to Proba his letter number 169.
- ^ Procopius of Caesarea, Bellum Vandalicum, I.2.27
- ^ P. Laurence, "Proba, Juliana et Démétrias. Le christianisme des femmes de la "gens Anicia" dans la première moitié du Ve siècle", in REAug, 48 (2002), pp. 142-4.
- ^ Jerome, Epistles, 130.
- ^ CLE 1347 A.
Bibliography
Primary sources
Secondary sources
- The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire(PLRE). Vol. 1, Cambridge 1971, pp. 732–733.
- Jane Stevenson: Women Latin Poets. Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 65.
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