Spectatus

Entry (Summary):

Spectatus 1 tribunus et notarius a. 358

Source ID: Spectatus 1

PLRE volume: I

Gender: Male

Dates Attested: 358

Role: tribunus et notarius, orator, TRIBVNVS ET NOTARIVS, Envoy

Entry (Details):

Son of Panolbius, nephew of Phasganius, cousin of Libanius Lib. Ep. 115, 365. Brother of Theodora 2 and uncle of Bassianus 2.

He was an able oratoriRole name: orator Lib. Ep. 331, 545.

Present at court a. 355 Lib. Ep. 449, 454; in Italy a. 356 Ep. 505; in Antioch a. 357 Ep. 562, 563, 588.

TRIBVNVS ET NOTARIVSiRole name: TRIBVNVS ET NOTARIVS a. 358: Amm. XVII 5.15, Lib. Ep. 333, 358 (a. 358). EnvoyiRole name: Envoy to Persia a. 358 with Prosper and Eustathius 1 Amm. XVII 5.15, 14.1-2; left in 357 Lib. Ep. 358 Ep. 331, 333, 352.

Joint heir of Phasganius with Libanius a. 359/60 Lib. Ep. 115 (inherited his house); his mother was still alive in 359/60 Ep. 116 (she was probably Bassiana Ep. 1409). See stemma 18.

In 361 he was in official disgrace Lib. Ep. 618.

Still alive a. 363 Lib. Ep. 1408.

Received Lib. Ep. 525 (a. 356), Ep. 538, 545 (a. 356/7), Ep. 358, 365 (a. 358), Ep. 352 (a. 358/9), Ep. 74 (a. 359), Ep. 64, 98, 115-16 (a. 359/60); mentioned Ep. 454 (a. 355/6), Ep. 505, 510 (a. 356), Ep. 514 (a. 356/7), Ep. 513, 557, 558, 562, 563, 573, 588 (a. 357), Ep. 19, 331, 333, 377 (a. 358), Ep. 48 (a. 359), Ep. 235 (a. 360), Ep. 618, 630 (a. 361), Ep. 793 (a. 362/3), Ep. 1408 (a. 363).

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