Flavius Patricius (Greek: Πατρίκιος; died after 519) was a prominent Eastern Roman general and statesman during the reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518).
He invaded the Persian province of Arzanene, sacking various forts and taking prisoners, before returning to join forces with Hypatius.
[3] He pursued the siege vigorously, destroying part of the city's outer walls by undermining them, and ambushing and killing the garrison commander Glones.
Nevertheless, due to this friendship, he refused to attack Vitalian's army during his third assault on Constantinople in 515, ostensibly because he feared that he would be accused of treason in the case of a defeat.
[5] The last reference to Patricius occurs in November 519, when he was at Edessa, where he was sent to persuade its bishop to accept the Chalcedonian doctrines or abdicate voluntarily.