Anastasius was the son of
Sabinian, consul in 505, and of a niece of emperor
Anastasius I, making him the emperor's grandnephew. He may have been the brother of
Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus, consul in 518. He was married to the
Empress Theodora's illegitimate daughter, whose name has not survived. They had at least three children, John, Athenasius, and Anastasius, who was briefly married to
Ioannina, the daughter of general
Belisarius and
Antonina. He held the consulship for the year 517. His
consular diptych is preserved at the
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. According to the inscription ( ) he held the honorary title of
comes domesticorum equitum. ==References==