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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
afely be put in the sixth century after Christ, for he mentions Aetius (12.8, p. 346), who probably did not write till the end of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth century, and he is himself quoted by Paulus Aegineta (3.28, 78, 7.5, 11, 19, pp. 447, 495, 650, 660, 687), who is supposed to have lived in the seventh; besides which, he is mentioned as a contemporaryby Agathias (Hist. v. p. 149), who set about writing his History in the beginning of the reign of Justin the younger, about A. D. 565. He had the advantage of being brought up under his father, Stephanus, who was himself a physician (4.1, p. 198), and also under another person, whose name he does not mention, but to whose son Cosmas he dedicates his chief work (xii. i. p. 313), which he wrote out of gratitude at his request. He was a man of an extensive practice, of a very long experience, and of great reputation, not only at Rome, but wherever he travelled in Spain, Gaul, and Italy (1.15, pp. 156, 157), whence he was c
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Belisa'rius (search)
ted by his rival Narses in the complete overthrow of the Ostrogothic kingdom, and the establishment of the exarchate of Ravenna. (Procop. Goth. 4.21-35.) (A. D. 549-554.) The last victory of Belisarius was gained in repelling an inroad of the Bulgarians, A. D. 559. (Agath. Fist. 5.15-20; Theophanes, pp. 198,199.) In A. D. 563 he was accused of a conspiracy against the life of Justinian, and his fortune was sequestered. All that is certain after this is, that he died on the 13th of March, A. D. 565. (Theophanes pp. 160, 162.) It is remarkable that whilst his life is preserved to us with more than usual accuracy--by the fact of the historian Procopius having been his secretary (Procop. Pers. 1.12), and having published both a public and private history of the times--the circumstances of his disgrace and death are involved in great uncertainty, and historical truth has in popular fame been almost eclipsed by romance. This arises from the termination of the contemporary histories of P
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Constanti'nus (search)
Constantinus who was an advocate at Constantinople A person of the same name, who is described as an advocate at Constantinople, without any of these official titles, was one of the commissioners appointed to compile the Digest, A. D. 530 (Const. tanta, § 9), and was also one of the commissioners appointed to draw up that new edition of the Code which now forms part of the Corpus Juris. (Const. Cordi, § 2.) Works Edicts Editions In the collection of Edicta Praefectorum Praetorio, first published by Zachariae (Anecdota, Lips. 1843) from a Bodleian manuscript, are three edicts of Constantinus (p. 272). The edicts in this collection belong to the time of Anastasius, Justin, and Justinian. (A. D. 491-565.) Zachariae thinks that the author of these three edicts was the (constantinus who was praef. praet. of the East under Anastasius, as appears from Cod. 8, tit. 48. s. 5, and Cod. 2, tit. 7. s. 22, and that his full name was Asper Alypius Constantinus. (p. 260, nn. 19, 20.) [J.T.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
negyricum in laudem Anastasii quaestoris et magistri; de laudibus Justini Augusti Minoris heroico carmine libri IV. The two first mentioned works, of which the first is imperfect, are extremely short, and in reality are merely the preface and epistle dedicatory of the third, which extends to nearly 1600 hexameter lines, and is a formal panegyric, conceived in all the hyperbolical extravagance of the Byzantine school, in honour of the younger Justin, who swayed the empire of the East from A. D. 565 to 578. Ruiz asserts, that these pieces were faithfully copied from a MS. more than 700 years old; but of this document he gives no description; he does not state how it had come into his possession, nor where it was deposited ; it has never been found; and no other being known to exist, the text depends upon the editio princeps alone. Corippus, in the preface above mentioned, refers to a poem which he had previously composed upon the African wars. Quid Libycas gentes, quid Syrtica proel
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Joannes ANTIOCHENUS (search)
period of his life he entered into holy orders, and was ordained priest. He was then named Apocrisiarius, agent or chargé d'affaires of the church of Antioch at the imperial court in Constantinople towards the end of the reign of Justinian. In A. D. 565 he was elevated to the vacant patriarchate of Constantinople, and he died on the 31st of August, A. D. 578, in the 12th year of the reign of Justin the younger. (Theophanes, Chronographia, p. 203, fol. Par. 1655, Assemani, Bibl. Jur. Orient. vo intended as a supplement to the former *Sunagwgh/, was published (if we may credit the title to the work) by Joannes, after he was in possession of the metropolitan throne, and after the death of Justinian. It was published, therefore, between A. D. 565 and 578. As the former collection contained the rules of purely ecclesiastical origin (kano/nes), the present was intended to comprehend the enactments of the civil law (no/moi) relating to the affairs of the church, and was compiled from the N
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Justinianus Magnus or Justinian the Great (search)
5. There are extant at least 165 Novells of Justinian, making many reforms of great consequence, and seriously affecting the law as laid down in the Digest, Institutes, and Code. Though the imperial archives contained all the Novells that were issued from time to time, no collective publication by official authority seems to have taken place before Justinian's death, for Joannes Scholasticus, at the beginning of his collection of 87 chapters, compiled from the Novells of Justinian, between A. D. 565 and 578, speaks of those Novells as still spora/dhn keihe/nwn. (Heimbach, Anecdota, vol. ii. p. 208.) Such were Justinian's legislative works--works of no mean merit--nay, with all their faults, considering the circumstances of the time, worthy of very great praise. They have long exercised, and, pervading modern systems of law, continue to exercise, enormous influence over the thoughts and actions of men. It is true that they exhibit a certain enslavement to elements originally base, fo
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Justi'nus Ii. the younger, emperor of the East, from A. D. 565-578, and nephew of the great Justinian. (See the genealogical table prefixed to the life of Justinian I.) His reign is signalized by important and extraordinary events. Justin had infinitely less merit than his cousins Justinus and Justinian, the sons of Germanus, who had distinguished themselves in the field against the Persians, and were universally beloved for the frankness of their character; but he was of a crafty disposition, and while his cousins exposed their lives in the defence of the empire, he prudently remained at Constantinople and courted the aged Justinian. In order to insinuate himself the better into his uncle's favour, he married Sophia, the niece of the empress Theodora, a beautiful and clever woman, but ambitious, imperious and revengeful. In the night that Justinian died (13th of November, 565), Justin had retired to his apartments, and was fast asleep, when he was suddenly awakened by a loud knockin
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Olympiodo'rus (search)
Olympiodo'rus 7. An Aristotelic philosopher. He himself (p. 37, 6) speaks of Alexandria as his residence, and (p. 12, 6) mentions the comet which appeared in the 281st year of the Diocletian era (A. D. 565), so that the period when he lived is fixed to the latter half of the sixth century after Christ. Works Commentary on the Meteorologica of Aristotle He is the author of a commentary on the Meteorologica of Aristotle, which is still extant. His work, like the scholia of the Neo-Platonic philosopher of the same name, is divided into pra/ceis; from which it would seem that the Aristotelic philosophy was taught at Alexandria even after the Neo-Platonic school had become extinct. Like Simplicius, to whom, however, he is inferior, he endeavours to reconcile Plato and Aristotle. Of Proclus he speaks with great admiration, styling him o( *Qei=os ; but his great authority is Ammionius. Editions His commentary was published by the sons of Aldus, at Venice, 1551. Further Informa
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
e'rius Ii. emperor of the East A. D. 578-582. His full name was ANICIUS THRAX, FLAVIUS CONSTANTINUS. He was captain of the guards to the emperor Justinus II., who elevated him to the rank of Caesar or Augustus, A. D. 574. He was a native of Thrace, whence he has the addition of Thrax to his name. He assumed the name of Constantinus after he became emperor. The date of his birth is uncertain. He was brought up at the court of Justinian, and employed by Justinus II., who succeeded Justinian A. D. 565. In A. D. 573 Tiberius commanded the imperial troops against the Avars, in the neighbourhood of the Save and the Danube. He lost one battle against them, but he soon recovered this failure, and secured for the empire the possession of Sirmium, near the junction of the Save and the Danube. Justinus, feeling himself incompetent for the labour of administration, associated Tiberius with him, and it is said that the influence of his wife Sophia, who admired the handsome captain, contributed to