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Full name Rossi I 153, 156, Ρ. Flor. I 30; Nevitta elsewhere.

Presumably of Germanic origin (see below).

PRAEPOSITVS of cavalryiRole name: PRAEPOSITVS of cavalry (in Raetia) a. 358: present in Raetia in 358 when Barbatio defeated the Iuthungi Amm. XVII 6.3 huic pugnae Nevitta, postea consul, equestris praepositus turmae, et adfuisse et fortiter fecisse firmatur.

MAGISTER EQVITVMiRole name: MAGISTER EQVITVM a. 361-3/4: appointed by Julian in 361 to succeed Gomoarius Amm. XXI 8.1 Nevittae magisterium commisit armorum, Gomoarium proditorem antiquum timens; on the march to Constantinople he commanded the army group which went through Raetia Amm. XXI 8.3 magistro equitum Nevittae. On reaching Sirmium he was sent by Julian to occupy the pass of Succi Amm. XXI 10.2.5. He was consul in 362 (see below); he served on the Commission of Chalcedon Amm. XXII 3.1 and took part in Julian’s Persian campaign, commanding the right wing Amm. XXIV 1.2; with Dagalaifus he conducted the siege of Maiozamalcha Amm. XXIV 4.13, Zos. III 21.4. He was prominent in the debate on a new emperor after Julian’s death Amm. XXV 5.2 discissique studiis turbulentis Arintheus et Victor et e palatio Constanti residui de parte sua quendam habilem scrutabantur; contra Nevitta et Dagalaifus proceresque Gallorum virum talem ex commilitio suo quaeritabant. He is not mentioned again and must have been dismissed by Jovian or Valentinian.

CONSVL posterioriRole name: CONSVL posterior a. 362 with Claudius Mamertinus (PPO): Fasti, Rossi I 151-6, Ρ. Flor. I 30, P. Cairo Preis. 2.1, 3.1, VI 753 = D 4267^e; Amm. XXI 10.8 brevi postea Mamertino in consulatu iunxit Nevittam, nec splendore nec usu nec gloria horum similem quibus magistratum amplissimum detulerat Constantinus: contra inconsummatum et subagrestem et (quod minus erat ferendum) celsa in potestate crudelem; Amm. XXI 12.25 Mamertinum promotum praefectum praetorio per Illyricum designavit consulem et Nevittam, qui (sc. Julian) nuper ut primum augendae barbaricae vilitatis auctorem immoderate notaverat Constantinum; Amm. XXII 7.1; Pan. Lat. XI 15.2 cum honorem meum adoreis militaribus gloriosus collega cumularet, 28.2.

Nevitta was a barbarian and, according to Ammianus, boorish and brutal (see above).