Fabius Aconius Catullinus Philomathius


Fabius Aconius Catullinus signo Philomathius was an aristocrat and a politician of the Late Roman Empire.

Biography

Fabius Aconius was the son of Aconius Catullinus, Proconsul of Africa in 317-318, and had a daughter, Aconia Fabia Paulina, who married the influential pagan senator Vettius Agorius Praetextatus.
He held the offices of Consul suffectus, Praeses of Gallaecia, vicarius of Africa, Praetorian Prefect of Italy, Praefectus urbi of Rome in 342-344 and finally Consul in 349.
A pagan, he obtained an exemption for the temples in Rome from the ban over the celebration of pagan sacrifices ; a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus by Philomathius has been preserved.