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Full name Rossi I 329, VI 501 = D 4149, VI 502 = D 4150, AE 1910, 187, P. Gen. 12; Saturninus elsewhere.

Military officeriRole name: Military officer under Constantius II c. 350: Them. Or. XVI 200 A—B (his long military service; he welcomed Themistius to Constantinople when he first arrived there c. 350).

CVRA PALATIIiRole name: CVRA PALATII, before a. 361, when he was exiled by the commission of Chalcedon Amm. XXII 3.7 pari sorte Evagrius comes rei privatae et Saturninus ex cura palatii et Cyrinus ex notario portati sunt in exilium.

COMES REI MILITARISiRole name: COMES REI MILITARIS c. a. 373: Bas. Ep. 132 written to Abram a bishop who was staying at Antioch ‘ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ αἰδεσιμωτάτου Σατορνίνου τοῦ κόμητος’.

MAGISTER EQVITVMiRole name: MAGISTER EQVITVM (temporary) a. 377-8: Valens ‘Saturninum equestris exercitus ad tempus cura commissa suppetias Traiano ferentem misit et Profuturo’ Amm. XXXI 8.3; he withdrew to safety the Roman army Amm. XXXI 8.5; he survived the battle of Adrianople Amm. XXXI 13.9. Before Adrianople he was ordered to arrest Isaac the monk V. Isaacii II 8; in 380/1 he was present with Victor 4 at Constantinople V. Isaacii III 10.

MAGISTER MILITVM (in Thrace)iRole name: MAGISTER MILITVM (in Thrace) a. 382-3: in 382 he concluded peace with the Goths Them. Or. 208B-209D, 210D (cf. Cons. Const. s.a. 382 = Chron. Min. I 243); Gregory of Nazianzus wrote to him Ep. 132 asking him to support the Council of 382 (styled στρατηλάτηςin one MS); still στρατηγός in 383 Them. Or. XVI (see below).

CONSVL posterioriRole name: CONSVL posterior a. 383 with Fl. Merobaudes cos. II (MVM): Fasti, Rossi I 323, 326-9, 331-4, VI 501 = D 4149, VI 502 = D 4150, X 4041, AE 1905, 76-7, 1910, 187, 1912, 262, Ρ. Gen. 12, Stud. Pal. XX 104, Them. Or. XVI title Χαριστήριος τῷ αὐτοκράτορι ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς ὑπατείας τοῦ στρατηγοῦ Σατορνίνου, 201 B, Zos. V 18.8.

At court in 388 and influential with the emperor Lib. Ep. 857, 897. In 396 in old age appointed with Procopius 9 to judge Timasius, whom he condemned over the opposition of his colleague Zos. V 9.3-5. In 400 Gainas demanded of Arcadius that he and Aurelianus 3 be surrendered to him, and exiled him Zos. V 18.7-9, Soc. VI 6, Soz. VIII 4, Joh. Ant. fr. 190, cf. Joh. Chrys. Hom. ὅτε Σατορνῖνος καὶ Αὐρηλιανὸς ἐξωρίσθησαν. He was dead by 404 Pall. Dial. p. 25.

He was a Christian Greg. Naz. Ep. 132, 181, Bas. Ep. 132. His widow Castricia (Vol. II) was an ardent opponent of John Chrysostom Pall. Dial. p. 25. He owned property at Constantinople V. Isaacii IV 14. His career is described as long and successful Them. Or. XVI 206A—B, but Zosimus alleges that he was unscrupulous in using flattery to remain in power Zos. V 9. 3.