Born in Roman Africa, Gaius Marius Victorinus (b. 281–291–d. after 365 CE) taught rhetoric in Rome under Constantius and was honored with a statue in Trajan’s Forum in 354 CE (Jer. Chron. 2370; discussion of testimonia in Hadot, 1971, 13–34; Mariotti, 1976, 13–18). Shortly thereafter (355/356 CE), Victorinus converted “at advanced old age” (Jer. Vir. ill. 101), suggesting a birthdate between 281 and 291 CE (Travis, 1943). Augustine of Hippo’s depiction of Victorinus as devoted to paganism and an op…