{{short description|Roman senator}} {{Other people|Probianus}} '''Petronius Probianus''' ({{floruit}} 315–331 AD) was a politician of the Roman Empire.
== Life ==
Probianus was a member of the ''Petronii Probi'', a family of the senatorial aristocracy. He was the son of Pompeius Probus, consul in 310, the father of Petronius Probinus, consul in 341, and of the poet Faltonia Betitia Proba, and the grandfather of Sextus Petronius Probus, consul in 371.
Probianus was proconsul of Africa in 315–317, consul in 322, and ''praefectus urbi'' of Rome from October 8, 329, to April 12, 331.
== Sources == * Lizzi Testa, Rita, ''Senatori, popolo, papi: il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani'', Edipuglia, 2004, {{ISBN|88-7228-392-2}}, p. 367. * [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12440a.htm "Faltonia Proba"], ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Volume XII, 1911, New York, Robert Appleton Company.
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before=Crispus Caesar II|before2=Constantine Caesar II}} {{s-ttl | title= Roman consul | years=322 |regent1=Amnius Anicius Iulianus }} {{s-aft | after= Acilius Severus|after2=Vettius Rufinus }} {{s-bef | before=Amnius Anicius Paulinus }} {{s-ttl | title= ''Praefectus urbi'' of Rome | years= 329–331 }} {{s-aft | after= Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius }} {{end}}
Category:4th-century Roman consuls Category:Roman governors of Africa Category:Urban prefects of Rome Probianus