Flavius Felix

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Right leaf of the consular diptych of Flavius Felix

Flavius Constantius Felix, often just Flavius Felix (380 – 430), was a Consul of Rome in the West^[1] in the year 428. His carved ivory consular diptych is notable for depicting his clothing in great detail. The diptych, believed to be the earliest yet known,^[2] survived intact until the French Revolution, when the right leaf was stolen; it is now believed lost.^[3]

Felix served during the reign of emperors Valentinian III and Theodosius II.

Little is known of his personal life, although records remain of a vow made with his wife Padusia. It is known that he served as commander in defense of Gaul from 425 to 429, but despite a brief mention of one of his military actions in the Notitia Dignitatum, his subordinates were considered more significant in this regard.^[4] He was an ancestor of Felix, Consul in 511 (?). He was a son of Ennodius^{[citation needed]} and he might have been the son of his father (b. 380) who was the husband of a daughter (b. 385) of Flavius Julius Agricola, Consul of Rome in 421^{[citation needed]} and perhaps the father of Emperor Avitus, being the parents of Flavius Magnus, Consul of Rome in 460 and Felix Ennodius, Proconsul in Africa in ca 420 or 423.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

^ Vaux, W.S.W, John Evans and Fred W. Madden, eds. (1861). The Numismatic Chronicle. John Russell Smith.
^ Consular diptych. The Grove Dictionary of Art. MacMillian (2000). Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
^ Kunz, George Frederick (1916). Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. Doubleday.
^ Bury, John Bagnall (1923). History of the Later Roman Empire. Macillan. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.

Christian Settipani, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines A L'epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) (n.p.: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2002).

Preceded by Flavius Hierius, Flavius Ardaburius	Consul of the Roman Empire 428 with Flavius Taurus	Succeeded by Flavius Florentius, Flavius Dionysius