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{{short description|Roman aristocrat and politician}}
'''Gennadius Avienus''' (''floruit'' 450-460s) was an influential politician of the Western Roman Empire.
'''Gennadius Avienus''' ({{floruit}} 450–460s) was an influential politician of the [[Western Roman Empire]]. He was consul in 450, alongside [[Valentinian III]]. In 452, he was an envoy to [[Attila]]; together with [[Pope Leo I]] and [[Trigetius]] he successfully negotiated a truce. He had a son and a daughter; his son would go on to be consul in 490.
 
== Biography ==
 
Avienus was member of an ancient and noble Roman family, which traced back its origins to the Consulconsul of year 59, [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus]].<ref>Sidonius Apollinaris, ''Epistulae'', I.9.4.</ref> Avienus was the father of [[Anicius Probus Faustus]], Consul in 490, and of a daughter called Stephania, whose son, [[Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus]], received the name of his grandfather and was Consul in 502.
 
Avienus was chosen as Consul for the year 450, together with Emperor [[Valentinian III]]. Two years later, in 452, he was sent by Valentinian and the Roman Senate as envoy to the King of the Huns, [[Attila]], together with [[Trigetius]] and the Bishop of Rome, [[Pope Leo I|Leo I]];<ref>Prosperus of Tyre, ''sub anno'' 452.</ref> they succeeded in negotiating a truce with Attila, despite the fact that the historian [[Prosper of Aquitaine]] downplayed Avienus' role, giving all the credit for the success to Leo, ignoring both Trigetius and Avienus.
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Avienus also held several other offices, of which at least one was civilian, but no particulars have been preserved on this matter.
 
In 467, the GallicGallo-Roman poet [[Sidonius Apollinaris]] was sent to Rome to bring the Emperor a petition of his people; he says that Avienus was one of the two most influential civil officers in Rome in the 460s, together with [[Caecina Decius Basilius]].<ref>Sidonius Apollinaris, ''Epistulae'', 1.9.1-7.</ref> However, Avienus distinguished himself from Basilius, as he used his own influence to promote the career of his own familiarsassociates, having no time to care for those who came outside of his circle:. evenEven if he was more welcoming than Basilius, Avienus was less trustworthy.
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
* Amory, Patrick, ''People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554'', Cambridge University Press, 1997, {{ISBN 0521526353|0-521-52635-3}}, p. &nbsp;98.
* [[Andrew Gillett|Gillett, Andrew]], ''Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411-533'', Cambridge University Press, 2003, {{ISBN 0521813492|0-521-81349-2}}, pp. 114-115&nbsp;114–115, 200.
* [[Arnold Hugh Martin Jones|Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin]], John Robert Martindale, [[John Morris (historian)|John Morris]], "Gennadius Avienus 4", ''[[The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire]]'', Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 193-194&nbsp;193–194.
 
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