Anicius Julianus was
consul in 322 with
Petronius Probianus,
praefectus urbi Romae between 326 and 329. He is identified with the
proconsul of
Africa who, in 302, received a rescript (an answer to a request for clarification that Julianus had sent) from emperor
Diocletian, which ordered the suppression of the
Manichees in Africa, accused of being in contact with the
Sasanian Empire. It has been proposed that the Julianus who was proconsul of Africa could have been active in 296–297 and that he was put to death by
Maximian on fabricated treason charges; the rebel in Africa should be, therefore, linked to
Sabinus Julianus, a usurper in Africa recorded in
Aurelius Victor's
Caesares 39.22. == Family ==