Faltonia "The Poetess" Proba ROMAN EMPIRE 
Faltonia "The Poetess" Proba was born about 0306. Faltonia "The Poetess" Proba's father was Petronius Probianus Consul of ROMAN EMPIRE and her mother was Demetria Proba of the ROMAN EMPIRE. Her maternal grandfather was Faltonius Probus Consul of ROMAN EMPIRE. She had a brother named Petronius Probianus of the. She was the older of the two children. She died after 0351.General Notes
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A Christian poetess of the fourth century. The name Faltonia is doubtful and is apparently due to a confusion, as the manuscripts call the author simply Proba. As granddaughter of Probus, consul in 310, daughter of Petronius Probianius, consul in 322, wife of Claudius Celcinus Adalphius, prefect of Rome in 351, and mother of C. Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, consul in 379, and of Faltonius Alypius, Proba belonged to that Roman aristocracy which upheld the old pagan religion so long against Christianity. Proba was at first a pagan, as was her husband, but once converted she persuaded him to follow her example. She had celebrated in an epic poem now lost in the wars between Constantine and Magnentius. After her conversion she wrote a zento in hexameter verses in which she relates sacred history in terms borrowed exclusively from Virgil. The story of the Old Testament is briefly outlined, the author dwelling only on the Creation, the Fall, and the Deluge. The larger portion of the work recounts the life of Christ according to the Gospels. But the action of the poem is constrained and unequal, the manner absurd, the diction frequently either obscure or improper; nevertheless the work had a certain popularity during the Middle Ages.
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They had two sons and a daughter, named C. Clodius Hermagenianus Consul, Faltonius Alypius and Adelphia Olybria.
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Children
C. Clodius Hermagenianus Consul ROMAN EMPIRE
C. Clodius Hermagenianus Consul was born about 0325 in Rome,Italia. He died in 0379.
Faltonius Alypius ROMAN EMPIRE
Faltonius Alypius was born about 0335 in Rome,Italia. He died after 0395.
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