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Called Arabius Lib. Or. XXVIII 9, Ep. 625, 678, 1000, 1002; Cimon Lib. Or. I 283, LIV 12-13, 15, Ep. 844, 1042, 1048-50.

Illegitimate son of Libanius and a slave-girl Lib. Or. I 145, Ep. 625, 734, 1063 (his only child).

Pupil of Libanius and Calliopius 3 Lib. Ep. 625, 678 (a. 361). Libanius wanted him to be a rhetor, but he became an advocateiRole name: advocate instead, though he made little money by it Lib. Ep. 959 (a. 390); he served at the court of the consularis Syriae Lib. Or. XXVIII 9 (a. 384), Or. LIV 7-15 (a. 388).

Libanius tried continually to secure his inheritance for him, from Julian Lib. Or. XVII 37, Jovian Ep. 1221, Valentinian and Valens Or. I 145 and Theodosius Or. I 196, XXXII 7. This was finally confirmed in 388 Lib. Or. XXXII 7, LIV 15, Ep. 845 (a. 388), 959 (a. 390). Libanius transferred some property to him, and as a result he became liable to curial obligations Lib. Or. I 257, XXXII 7 (a. 388). He therefore tried to obtain office to secure exemption from them Lib. Ep. 959. In 390 he visited Constantinople against his father’s advice and tried to obtain an office which would give him entry to the senate there, but he was rebuffed Lib. Ep. 1000-3 (a. 391); his visit mentioned Ep. 1042, 1058. He did secure appointment as governor of Cyprus, but the appointment was cancelled Lib. Or. I 283 αὐτοῦ τοῖν χεροῖν ἡρπάσθη τὸ γραμμάτιον ὃ αὐτὸν ἐφίστη τῇ Κύπρῳ.

In 391 he returned home in dejection Lib. Ep. 1063-4 but en route in Cilicia had a fall from his carriage and severely injured his leg; he was nursed at Tarsus by Apolinarius 2 and Gemellus 2 Ep. 1023 and returned to Antioch, where he died within a few days Lib. Or. I 279-80, Ep. 1023, 1024, 1026. His death mentioned Lib. Ep. 1028, 1036-9, 1042, 1045, 1048-51, 1063-4.

He is also mentioned Lib. Ep. 843, 844, 960.