Peter the Patrician
 Peter the Patrician (Latin: Petrus Patricius Greek: Πέτρος ὁ Πατρίκιος Petros ho Patrikios; c. 500–565) was a senior East Roman or Byzantine official diplomat and historian. A well-educated and successful lawyer he was repeatedly sent as envoy to Ostrogothic Italy in the prelude to the Gothic War of 535–554. Despite his diplomatic skill he was not able to avert war and was imprisoned by the Goths in Ravenna for a few years.