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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SYMMACHUS  , the name of a celebrated

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Roman
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family of the 4th to 6th centuries of our era . It belonged to the gens
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Aurelia and can be traced back to Aurelius Julianus Symmachus, proconsul of
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Achaea (according to others,
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vicar or
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vice-
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prefect of
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Macedonia) in the
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year 319 .
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Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, presumably his son, was prefect of
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Rome in the year 364, and had also other important posts . He was celebrated for his virtues and the
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senate awarded him in 377 a gilded statue .

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