Editing Probus (emperor) (section)

==Early life==
Probus was born between 230 and 235 (exact date of birth unknown) in [[Sirmium]] (modern day [[Sremska Mitrovica]], [[Serbia]]), [[Pannonia Inferior]],<ref name="roman-emperors.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.roman-emperors.org/probus.htm|title=Roman Emperors - DIR probus|work=roman-emperors.org|date=8 August 2023 }}</ref> the son of Dalmatius.<ref name="auto"/> According to the Alexandrian Chronicle, he was born sometime in the year 232.<ref>Gibbon, p. 282, note</ref> The ''[[Historia Augusta]]'' gives his father's name as Maximus and claims that his mother was of higher status than his father, that he had a sister named Claudia, that he was related to emperor [[Claudius Gothicus]], his personal wealth was modest and his nearest kin unimportant.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Emperors and Biography: Studies in the 'Historia Augusta'. |last=Syme |first=Ronald |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1971 |isbn=9780198143574 |pages=217, 233, 299}}</ref> Probus had a brother named [[Dometius of Byzantium]] who was the [[Bishop of Byzantium]] from about 272 until his death in 284. Besides his best known ''[[Nomen gentilicium|nomina]]'' Aurelius which can be found on most inscriptions, papyri and coinage, as well as Equitius attested on his coins from Ticinum and Pseudo-[[Aurelius Victor]], the ''Historia Augusta'' gives him Valerius and Malalas Aelius.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome |last=Syvänne |first=Ilkka |publisher=Pen and Sword Military |year=2020 |isbn=9781526767530 |pages=34}}</ref>