I have found numerous mentions that he served as
Western consul in 395, and that his brother
Anicius Probinus also served as consul in this
year. This left me at something of a loss as neither
of these gentlemen would have been old enough in this
year, but I believe I have found the solution to this
problem. It would seem that the Roman Senate, in
honor of, or perhaps out of fear of, their father
Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus awarded both
brothers the consulship in 395 while they were still
children. Claudian even addressed one of his poems to
these two noble youths.
He married
Anicia Juliana (2) and died in 410 while
attempting to flee Rome with his mother, wife, and
daughter
Demetrias.
