The title vir illustris (lit. 'illustrious man') is used as a formal indication of standing in late antiquity to describe the highest ranks within the...

standard VIR cable, a type of electrical cable (Vulcanised Indian Rubber) Vir: The Robot Boy, Indian TV series Vir gloriosus Vir illustris Vir militaris...

distribution to the proper offices for transcription. Comes domesticorum: a vir illustris who was principal of the domestici, a corps of bodyguards of the Emperor...

proliferation, and hence debasement, of the earlier senatorial titles, such as vir illustris. The title was restricted to the highest functionaries of the state...

consul in 421. Avitus had two sons, Agricola (fl 455 – living 507, a vir illustris) and Ecdicius Avitus (later patricius and magister militum under Emperor...

(Auxilia or Ancilia). She may have been Ancilla of Aoste, the daughter of vir illustris Anselme of Aoste or Ancilla of Lenzburg, the daughter of the master...

him. The legend makes Anastasia the daughter of Praetextatus, a Roman vir illustris, and affirms that she had Chrysogonus as a teacher. Early in the persecution...

equestrian rank was refined further with additional titles, such as vir illustris, that were not inherited. Most Roman emperors indicated their choice...

senatorial or equestrian rank was refined further with titles such as vir illustris ("illustrious man"). The appellation clarissimus (Greek lamprotatos)...

city of Paris to the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis previously made by the vir illustris Dagobert, son of Baddo. This charter is the oldest original one kept...