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Native of Antioch Lib. Or. I 275-8, Ep. 70, 251; a lifelong friend of Libanius Lib. Or. I 275, Or. LXIII 2-9. Present in Antioch a. 357 Lib. Ep. 561, 581; a. 358 Ep. 371, 373; a. 359 Ep. 34, 38; a. 361 Ep. 680, 690; a. 363 Ep. 1446; a. 364 Ep. 1252, 1257; when ‘Protasius’ 2 was governor Lib. Or. I 170; a. 387 Lib. Or. LXIII 9.

GOVERNOR (? CONSVLARIS) OF MACEDONIAiRole name: GOVERNOR (? CONSVLARIS) OF MACEDONIA c.a. 356: οὗτος μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ὁ τὴν μὲν Μακεδονίαν εὐδαίμονα ποιήσας ἄρτι παίδων ἐξελθών (i.e. appointed while quite young) Lib. Ep. 70 (a. 359); ἄρχων of Macedonia Lib. Ep. 251 (a. 358/9); he must have held this office not later than 356, since he spent 357 in Antioch and Bithynia trying to settle difficulties which arose in consequence of his office Lib. Ep. 561, 581 (a. 357). Because of this he refused to take further office Lib. Ep. 70 (a. 359). He was a member of the senate of Rome, but in 358/9 was transferred to Constantinople: οὗτός δὲ εἰς τὴν ὑμετέραν μετέστη βουλὴν ἀπὸ τῆς μείζονος Lib. Ep. 70 (a. 359); πρότερον μὲν εἰς τὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐτέλει συνέδριον, χθὲς δὲ εἰπεῖν γέγονεν ἡμέτερος Lib. Ep. 251 (a. 358/9); he had enjoyed immunity from liturgies at Rome Lib. Ep. 252 (οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κατέλεξαν μὲν εἰς αὑτούς, ἀφῆκαν δὲ ἀτελῆ), Ep. 70 (ἤρκει τοὔνομα αὐτοῦ παρ’ αὑτοῖς ἐγγεγράφθαι). On being transferred to Constantinople, he was immediately, although not wealthy, nominated to the highest grade of senatorsiRole name: senators Ep. 70 and summoned to Constantinople to pay for a liturgy that was in fact owed by a namesake of his (Olympius 7) Lib. Ep. 99, 251-3; he pleaded that exemption was due to newly transferred senators and finally obtained remission in 361 Lib. Ep. 265. After the riots at Antioch in 387 he persuaded the authorities not to impose too severe a punishment on the city Lib. Or. LXIII 9. He died a. 388/9 Lib. Or. I 275, Or. LXIII (an oration defending his memory after his death), Ep. 953, 958 (a. 390).

His father was Pompeianus Lib. Ep. 238; his brothers were Miccalus (his senior) Lib. Or. LXIII 30ff., Ep. 97-9, 149 and Evagrius 6 (his junior) Lib. Ep. 1224, 1287, 1312, 1426, and he probably had other brothers or sisters Lib. Ep. 251; his mother, already old in 359 Lib. Ep. 251, was still alive in 364 Ep. 1311; he himself was childless Lib. Or. LXIII 36, Ep. 660 but had a nephew, the son of Miccalus Or. LXIII 35; related to Rufinus 3 Ep. 185. See stemma. He did not possess great wealth Ep. 70, 251, 252, but owned property in Phoenicia Ep. 221, cf. Or. LIV 4 (visited Phoenicia in 388) and built a villa at Daphne Ep. 660 (a. 361). His mother left the larger share of her property to him rather than to Miccalus, whom she distrusted as improvident Lib. Or. LXIII 30ff. He left his property to Libanius, which provoked much criticism Lib. Or. I 275-8, LXIII 2-9, Ep. 1051.

He was a pagan Lib. Ep. 736.

Also mentioned Lib. Ep. 97-9, 149, 258, 668, 739, 775, 981, 1030, 1221, 1341, 1433, 1449, 1491.