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Full name Rossi I 229, 230, P. Lips. I 47, 85, 86; Arinthaeus elsewhere.

TRIBVNVSiRole name: TRIBVNVS a. 355: Amm. XV 4.10 tres simul exiluere tribuni, Arintheus agens vicem armaturarum rectoris, et Seniauchus qui equestrem turmam Comitum tuebatur, et Bappo ducens Promotos (in Raetia).

COMES REI MILITARISiRole name: COMES REI MILITARIS (?) a. 363-4: on Julian’s Persian expedition he commanded the cavalry on the left wing together with Hormisdas 2 Amm. XXIV 1.2, Zos. III 13.3; he later commanded an infantry force near Ctesiphon Amm. XXIV 7.2, Zos. III 24.1; on Julian’s death, ‘discissique studiis turbulentis Arintheus et Victor et e palatio Constanti residui de parte sua quendam habilem scrutabantur; contra Nevitta et Dagalaifus proceresque Gallorum virum talem ex commilitio suo quaeritabant’ Amm. XXV 5.2. He was sent by Jovian first with Secundus Salutius 3 to treat with the Persians Amm. XXV 7.7, Zos. III 31.1 and later to Gaul to confirm Iovinus 6 in his command Amm. XXV 10.9. Called ‘patriciusiRole name: patricius’ (probably wrongly) Joh. Malal. 335, Chron. Pasch. 553.

He supported Valentinian’s election as emperor Philost. HE VIII 8 συνεφαψαμένου δὲ τῇ πράξει Σεκούνδου τε τοῦ ἐπάρχου καὶ Ἀρινθαίου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ. When Valentinian and Valens parted, the latter kept Victor and Arinthaeus Amm. XXVI 5.2, Zos. IV 2.4. He served against Procopius 4 Amm. XXVI 8.4-5 ‘lectissimus dux’ (not necessarily technical).

MAGISTER PEDITVMiRole name: MAGISTER PEDITVM c. a. 366-78: probably not appointed until after the defeat of Procopius, he served in the Gothic war in 367 Amm. XXVII 5.4 ‘Arintheo magistro peditum misso cum praedatoriis globis’, cf. Theod. HE IV 33.3; he and Victor negotiated peace with the Goths in 369 Amm. XXVII 5.9 ‘missique vicissim Victor et Arintheus, qui tunc equestrem <curabant militiam et pedestrem>’; sent in 371 with troops to help Armenia against Persia Amm. XXVII 12.13 ‘Arinthaeus cum exercitu mittitur comes’, 15, Faust. Byz. V 1, Mos. Chor. III 37 (called ‘Addē’ in the Armenian sources); κώμετος καὶ μαγίστρου τῆς πεδικῆς δυνάμεως SB 9603 (a. 372); κόμιτος καὶ μαγίστρου στρατιωτῶν BGU IV 1092 (a. 372); κομίτου ... στρατιωτῶν Ρ. Lips. I 85 (a. 372); στρατηλάτης Ρ. Lips. I 47, 48, 51, 86 (a. 372).

CONSVL posterioriRole name: CONSVL posterior a. 372 with Domitius Modestus PPO: Fasti, Rossi I 229-33, AE 1902, 204, AE 1912, 61-3, AE 1948, 169, BGU IV 1092, SB 9603, P. Lips. I 47-53, 85, 86, Ρ. Vindob Sijp. 13.

Received Bas. Ep. 179 (a. 374; no office given), and apparently died in 378, still στρατηλάτης, in the prime of life, receiving baptism on his deathbed Bas. Ep. 269 (a. 378; letter of condolence to his widow). Was survived by his mother, his wife and a daughter Bas. Ep. 269 (the daughter is perhaps mentioned in Claud. in Eutrop. I 104).

According to Claud. in Eutrop. I 62-3, 478-80 he once owned the eunuch Eutropius (Vol. II).