Symmachus
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Symmachus can refer to several different people of Roman antiquity
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There was also an aristocratic family in ancient Rome that bore this name. Its most important members were:
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Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
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- Symmachus the EbioniteSymmachus the EbioniteSymmachus was the author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament. It was included by Origen in his Hexapla and Tetrapla, which compared various versions of the Old Testament side by side with the Septuagint...
(late 2nd century), was the author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament; - Pope SymmachusPope SymmachusSaint Symmachus was pope from 498 to 514. His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was legitimately elected pope by the citizens of Rome....
, pope from 498 to 514.
There was also an aristocratic family in ancient Rome that bore this name. Its most important members were:
- Aurelius Valerius Tullianus SymmachusAurelius Valerius Tullianus SymmachusAurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus Phosphorius was a politician of the Roman Empire, member of the Symmachi.He was born around 280; he had a son, Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, whose son was the famous orator Quintus Aurelius Symmachus...
, consul in 330 - Lucius Aurelius Avianius SymmachusLucius Aurelius Avianius SymmachusLucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus signo Phosphorius was a politician of the Roman Empire, father of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus.-Biography:...
, praefectus urbi in 364–365 - Quintus Aurelius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius Symmachus was a Roman statesman, orator, and man of letters. He held the offices of governor of Africa in 373, urban prefect of Rome in 384 and 385, and consul in 391...
, c.340–c.402, orator, author, and politician, the most influential of the Symmachi - Quintus Fabius Memmius SymmachusQuintus Fabius Memmius SymmachusQuintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus was a politician of the Roman empire, member of the influential family of the Symmachi.- Biography :...
, son of the previous - Quintus Aurelius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446)Quintus Aurelius Symmachus was a politician and a senator of the Western Roman Empire, belonging to the Symmachi family.- Biography :...
, consul in 446 - Quintus Aurelius Memmius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius Memmius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus was a Roman aristocrat and a historian of the 6th century. Prominent during his lifetime for as a patron of secular learning, consul for the year 485, and for his support of Pope Symmachus in the schism over his election, Memmius Symmachus was executed with his...
, consul in 485
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- Symmachus ben JosephSymmachus ben JosephSymmachus ben Joseph was a Jewish Tanna sage of the fifth generation. Rabbi Meir is considered his Teacher par excellence , and Symmachus has cited many of his sayings...
, A Jewish TannaTannaimThe Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years...
sage of the fifth generation.