Saturninus (consul 383)

Flavius ​​Saturninus ( * before 377; † after 400 ) was a late Roman officer, who lived in the 4th century AD.

Saturninus was apparently a Christian. There is evidence that he harbored a bishop, a monastery founded and stood with Gregory of Nazianzus in correspondence. He was in the military career and fought 377/78 against the Goths. As Master of the Soldiers by Thracias he joined in early October 382 on behalf of the emperor in the East, Theodosius I, a treaty with the Goths from, which assigned them land on the Lower Danube, for which they should serve as foederati at war Falls.

As a reward for his services he was in the year 383, the consulate hold. In fact, this act represents a huge favor from the part of the Emperor, as this will itself act as consul would actually his four-year jubilee. On this occasion the famous rhetorician Themistius delivered a eulogy in which he praised Saturninus and Emperor Theodosius panegyrisch. Themistius was also obliged Saturninus, as this had been a supporter of the speaker.

After the death of Theodosius in 395 Saturninus in the East remained at Kaiser Arcadius. In 400 however, he was deposed and exiled by the powerful magister militum Gainas, some time after, he is probably deceased.

Felix Dahn has made Saturninus to a main character of his novel Bissula.