In 415 he was proconsul of Africa and between 24 December 418 and January 420 he was praefectus urbi of Rome.
[1] He belonged to the Roman families of the Anicii and of the Symmachi; he was probably a relative of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, perhaps the son of a brother or sister who had married a member of Anicii.
[1] In 415 he was proconsul of Africa;[2] he obtained, in this capacity, the right to receive appeals.
[3] Between 24 December 418 and January 420 he was praefectus urbi of Rome; in this capacity he wrote to the court regarding issues related to succession to Pope Zosimus, who had died two days after the beginning of Symmachus' office.
He also restored a market in Ostia[4] and one of the Roman forums.