Venustus, père de Nicomaque Flavien senior

1 - Since 0. Seeck, Venustus, father of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus senior, mentioned by Macrobius, has been identified with Volusius Venustus, corrector Calabriae et Apuliae between 324 and 333, and Venustus vicarius Hispaniarum under Julian. Actually, these are most probably three different people having various unprecise links with the Ragonii Venusti. 2 - Nicomachus Flavianus junior, hereditary patron of Capua, may be a relative of Anicius Auchenius Bassus also hereditary patron of this city, because of the use of the names "Nicomachus" and "Flavianus" in the Anician family. The mother of Nicomachus Flavianus senior might have been an Anicia or a descendant of the Anicii. 3 - The name "Venustus" is attested in a fictitious letter quoted by the Historia Augusta; in other such letters one can read the names of Ragonius Celsus and Ragonius Clarus governors of Gaul: all those onomastical connections, as H. Dessau noticed, evoke Ragonius Vincentius Celsus, praefectus annonae under Theodosius, who could be identified with Vincentius, praefectus praetorio Galliarum in 399-400. Those names could also allude to the Nicomachi and support the hypothesis of the attribution of the Historia Augusta to Nicomachus Flavianus junior.