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Of free birth Lib. Or. XLII 7; his father had owned a sword factory Or. XLII 21.

Assistant-teacheriRole name: Assistant-teacher to Libanius Lib. Or. XLII 3; described as a philosopher Lib. Or. XL 22, XLII 9, LIV 47.

Applied for admission to the senate of 390, a first application having been rejected Lib. Or. XLII 1-3, 5-6, Ep. 922-30, 932, 936, 937, 939, 943; Libanius wrote a speech on his behalf Lib. Or. XLII. The application was opposed most strongly by Optatus 1, with whom he had a feud Or. XLII 5-6, 28 and by Proculus 6 and the ‘son of Gaiso’ Or. XLII 33, 45.

He was in Constantinople a. 390 Lib. Ep. 951 and in Antioch a. 392 Ep. 1031. Presumably his application had again failed.

His fortune was moderate Lib. Or. XLII 4, 7; owner of property in Samosata Or. XLII 37, cf. Ep. 5 (but this might refer to Thalassius 2); spent money on civic projects Or. XLII 48; owned a ship requisitioned for corn in a. 388 Or. LIV 47.

He was a pagan Lib. Or. XLII 7.

Received Lib. Ep. 951 (a. 390); mentioned Ep. 922-30, 932, 936, 937, 939, 943 (a. 390), Ep. 1031, 1057, 1059 (a. 392), Ep. 1103 (a. 393).