Taurus (consul 428)

Flavius Taurus (died 449) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, Consul in 428.

This article is about the Roman consul of 428. For the Roman consul of 361, see Taurus (consul 361).

He was the son of Aurelianus, Consul in 400 and powerful Praetorian prefect of the East, and nephew of the Taurus who was Consul in 361. His son, Taurus Clementinus Armonius Clementinus, was consul in 513.

As his father, his grandfather and his uncle Flavius Eutychianus before him, he was Consul, in 428, and Praetorian prefect (of the East); he had also the rank of patricius between 433 and 434.

Bibliography

• Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-07233-6, p. 1146

Political offices
Preceded by Flavius Hierius, Flavius Ardabur	Consul of the Roman Empire 428 with Flavius Felix	Succeeded by Flavius Florentius, Flavius Dionysius
Preceded by Flavius Hierus	Praetorian prefect of the East 433–434	Succeeded by Flavius Anthemius Isidorus
Preceded by Hermocrates	Praetorian prefect of the East 445	Succeeded by Flavius Constantinus