Flavius Senator (floruit 436–449) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Biography
Senator was appointed consul posterior in the year 436 AD, with Anthemius Isidorus as consul prior.Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Senator 4", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1971, , pp. 990. According to Priscus, he was sent by Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II as an envoy to the King of the Huns, Attila in 442/443. In 449, Attila stated that he would accept as envoy only Senator, Anatolius and Nomus, all of consular rank.Jones and Martindale, PLRE pp. 990
He received the title patricius before 445–447. He was a recipient of Theodoret's letter requesting tax reduction on his city in 445–447.Theodoret, Letters 44 In 451, he was present during some sessions of the Council of Chalcedon, which is his last action to be reliably recorded in the sources.Jones and Martindale, PLRE pp. 991
He founded Church of Archangel Michael in Constantinople, which may have been small in scale. The building was torn down in the 6th century for Justinian I to rebuild it.Procopius, Buildings I, 3.14
References
Bibliography
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Senator 4", Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1971, , pp. 990–991.