Anicius Probinus was a politician of the Roman Empire and a member of the noble gens Anicia.

Probinus was raised with his brother Olybrius in Rome, where he was born. He divided with his brother the consulate in the year 395, while both were very young on this occasion to the two brothers was dedicated a panegyric by Claudian (Panegyricus de consulatu Probini et Olybrii).

Although they originated in a family belonging to the Roman senatorial aristocracy, traditionally pagan, Olybrius and Probinus were Christians; the appointment as consuls of these two Christians may have been a signal, desired by the emperor Theodosius I, the very next year to the usurpation and Pagan restoration of Eugenius.

Probinus was then proconsul of Africa in 396-397.With his brother he received the dedication of the work Exempla elocutionum by Arusianus Messius, and both received a letter (Epistles, v) by Quintus Aurelius Symmachus in 397. It is known that he composed verses.

Gift med
Ennodia av Anicii, född 378 i Roma, Lazio, Italien, död 420 i Roma, Lazio, Italien.

Barn:
Maximus av Anicii, född 396, död 455-05-31