honorific_prefix death_place death_date birth_place citizenship opponents nationality article_title known_for employer name occupation death_cause
'' vir perfectissimus '' '' babylon '' , egypt province end 270 ad northeast italy -lrb- ? -rrb- roman septiminus zabdas italian -lrb- ? -rrb- tenagino probus
 campaigns and the eastern mediterranean and resistance to takeover of egypt in by zenobia '' africa proconsularis '' -lrb- ? -rrb- emperors gallienus & claudius ii tenagino probus soldier '' numidia '' and then '' aegyptu -lrb- general officer -rrb- : equestrian governor of heroic suicide
tenagino probus

tenagino probus was a roman soldier and procuratorial official whose career reached its peak at the end of the sixth decade of the third century ad -lrb- c. 255-260 -rrb- .
a poverty of primary sources means that nothing is known for certain of his origins or early career .
however , in later years he served successively as `` praeses '' -lrb- governor -rrb- of the province of `` numidia '' -lrb- i.e. `` praeses numidiae '' -rrb- and of egypt , -lrb- i.e. `` praefectus aegypti '' -rrb- .
these were both very senior procuratorial offices , the latter in particular traditionally considered one of the pinnacles of an equestrian career .
in these roles he exercised military skills in addition to administrative ones ; as `` praefectus aegypti '' he led military operations outside his province .
he died resisting the invasion of egypt by the forces of zenobia of `` palmyra '' in the troubled `` inter-regnum '' between emperors claudius ii and aurelian .
despite the limited availability of information about probus , the fact that he was : -lrb- i -rrb- entrusted with the government of two of the empire 's most economically and strategically significant provinces ; and -lrb- ii -rrb- given important military command outside his province -lrb- at least during his time as `` praefectus aegypti '' -rrb- indicates that he had the reputation of a highly competent imperial functionary .
his known appointments suggest that both emperor gallienus and gallienus ' successor claudius ii held him in high regard .
probus was likely among the relatively small group of professional soldiers who benefited from the opening up of provincial governorships and senior military commands , which were previously reserved for senators .
