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Sidonius may be a descendant of another Apollinaris who was Prefect of Gaul under Constantine II between 337 and 340.
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This union produced one son, Apollinaris, and at least two daughters: Sidonius mentions in his letters Severina and Roscia, but a third, Alcima, is only mentioned much later by Gregory of Tours, whom Theodor Mommsen has speculated may be identified with one of his other daughters.
Anderson notes, " Whatever one may think about their style and diction, the letters of Sidonius are an invaluable source of information on many aspects of the life of his time.
The poet and his grandson are praised by Sidonius Apollinaris, but the son may be the best candidate for the grammarian.
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Sidonius had come to Rome to bring a petition from his people ; his contact in the court, Consul Caecina Decius Basilius, suggested that he should compose a panegyric to be performed at the beginning of Anthemius ' consulate, on January 1 468.
Sources for Anthemius's life are richer than for most fifth century Western Emperors, partly because of his origin in Constantinople, where the tradition of court histories was kept alive, and partly because of the details that can be extracted from a panegyric delivered on January 1, 468 by the Gallo-Roman poet Sidonius Apollinaris.
Carmen 2 is a panegyric to the emperor Anthemius, part of Sidonius ' efforts to be appointed Urban Prefect of Rome ; several samples of occasional verse ; and nine books of Letters, about which W. B.
A letter from Sidonius Apollinaris records that the Praetorian Prefect of Gaul Arvandus sent a message to the Gothic king Euric stating that " the Britons stationed beyond the Loire should be attacked ", which has led some to suggest that Riothamus was betrayed by Arvandus.
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reproduces word for word ( except for details of hair and beard ) a description of another monarch written nearly eight hundred years earlier by Sidonius Apollinaris.
The activity of the brothers is described in one letter of Sidonius Apollinaris, while another is addressed to Bishop Mamertus.
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" One such were the Bastarnae, according to the Gallic nobleman Sidonius Apollinaris.
* Sidonius Apollinaris Carmina ( late 5th c .)
The last indication that the Goths whose king reigned at Toulouse considered themselves Vesi is found in a panegyric on Avitus by Sidonius Apollinaris dated 1 January 456.
The Visigoths are called Wesi or Wisi by Trebellius Pollio, Claudian, and Sidonius Apollinaris.
* Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop and diplomat ( approximate date )
* Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop and diplomat
The usage of " Kελτικός " for Germanic peoples was an archaic tradition among Greek writers .</ br > After Cassius Dio, the name " Chattus " appears among others in a panegyric by Sidonius Apollinaris in the late 5th century, now as a poetic synonym for " Germanus ".
In the Western Roman Empire, Sidonius Apollinaris was a Christian admirer of Apollonius in the 5th century.
An appalled Sidonius Apollinaris later remarked to Valentinian that “ I am ignorant, sir, of your motives or provocations ; I only know that you have acted like a man who has cut off his right hand with his left .”
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The Gallo-Roman aristocrat and poet Sidonius Apollinaris was an acquaintance of the Emperor and composed a panegyric that is the major source for Majorian's life up to 459.
According to the poet Sidonius Apollinaris, the cause of the fall of Majorian was the jealousy of Aetius ' wife, who feared that Majorian could overshadow Aetius ' prestige.
In his panegyric to Majorian, the poet Sidonius Apollinaris tells that Majorian initially refused the election:
With the intercession of Majorian ' magister epistolarum Petrus, Sidonius Apollinaris, the son-in-law of Avitus, was allowed to deliver a panegyric in honour of the Emperor ( early January 459 ), receiving in reward the appointment to the rank of comes spectabilis.
Magnus had been appointed Praetorian prefect of Gaul in 458, while the Praetorian prefect of Italy was Caecina Decius Basilius, who was the patron of the Gallic senator ( and poet ) Sidonius Apollinaris, while the comes privatae largitionis, Ennodius, was related to a family with interests in Arelate.
And the promises were followed by facts, as told by Sidonius Apollinaris, who had been anonymously accused of the authorship of a pamphlet against some influential figures: during a dinner together, Majorian defused the risky situation with a witticism.
* Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina ; Letters.
In the same year Clermont (- Ferrand ) surrendered to him after a long siege, and its bishop, Sidonius Apollinaris, sued for peace.
Although defended by Sidonius Apollinaris, at the head of the diocese from 468 to 486, and the patrician Ecdicius, the city was ceded to the Visigoths by emperor Julius Nepos in 475 and became part of the Visigothic kingdom until 507.
* Sidonius Apollinaris ( c. 430 – after 489 ) Gallo-Roman poet, diplomat and bishop
Sidonius Apollinaris refers to " Arbiter ", by which he apparently means Petronius ' narrator Encolpius, as a worshipper of the " sacred stake " of Priapus in the gardens of Massilia.
The manuscripts of the Satyricon ascribe the work to a " Petronius Arbiter ", while a number of ancient authors ( Macrobius, Sidonius Apollinaris, Marius Victorinus, Diomedes and Jerome ) refer to the author as " Arbiter ".
The poet Sidonius Apollinaris arrived in Rome on the occasion of the wedding at the end of 467, and described the celebrations in which all social classes were involved ; he also hints that Alypia might have not liked her husband, a barbarian.
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Sidonius was so influential that he convinced the Emperor to commute the death penalty of Arvandus, the Praetorian prefect of Gaul who had allied himself with the Visigoths.
Carmen 5 is a panegyric to Majorian, which offers evidence that Sidonius was able to overcome the natural suspicion and hostility towards the man who was responsible for the death of his father-in-law.
Gregory of Tours speaks of Sidonius as a man who could celebrate Mass from memory ( without a sacramentary ) and give unprepared speeches without any hesitation.
More secure information is provided by a letter which has survived that was written to Riothamus from Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop of Clermont, who requested his judgment for " an obscure and humble person " who had had his slaves enticed away by a group of armed Bretons.
The earliest record is from Sidonius Apollinaris who wrote of the persecution suffered by the bishops of Comminges at the hands of the Arian Goths in the 5th century.
By the 5th century only a few authors seem aware of him: Sidonius Apollinaris, who admires him, and Orosius, who alternately derides him as a fool and borrows passages ( including many that are otherwise lost ) from his works.
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Thompson, it is likely that Sidonius, whose purpose was to write a panegyric and not a history, simply added some spurious names to his list, including the Bastarnae.
This was repeated by Claudian and Sidonius and reinterpreted by Cassiodorus.
Gaius Sollius ( Modestus ) Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris ( November 5 of an unknown year, perhaps 430 – August, 489 ) was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
Sidonius was born in Lugdunum ( Lyons ).
Sidonius ' grandfather was Praetorian Prefect of Gaul prior 409 and a friend of his successor Decimus Rusticus.
According to Sidonius Apollinaris, he was leading forth a force consisting of few and sparse auxiliaries without one regular soldier.
In later times Statius, Ausonius, Sidonius Apollinaris and Claudian are the authors of the best-known epithalamia in classical Latin ; and they have been imitated by Julius Caesar Scaliger, Jacopo Sannazaro, and a whole host of modern Latin poets, with whom, indeed, the form was at one time in great favor.
He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont ( died 485 ), Ruricius bishop of Limoges ( died 507 ) and Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne ( died 518 ).
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