Her son Olybrius married Anicia Juliana, and his daughter Demetrias was Proba's granddaughter.
She was related to the aristocratic families of the Petronii, Clodii Celsini and Anicii; in two inscriptions dating to 395 she is described as daughter, wife and mother of consuls.
A Christian, she was in contact with several members of the cultural circles of her age, among which Augustine of Hippo[3] and John Chrysostom,[4] in favour of whom she acted.
[6] She then fled to Africa with her daughter-in-law Anicia Iuliana and her granddaughter Demetrias, but here she was abused by Heraclianus, who imprisoned and then freed them only after receiving a huge sum.
Anicia probably composed the epigraph in honour of the husband, and her granddaughter Demetrias was a friend of Jerome's, who describes her as well educated.