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Leucius
(289 words)

(Λεύκιος; Leúkios).

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[1] Roman in the Ptolemaic army

L. (= Lucius), son of Gaius, Roman, Ptolemaic phroúrarchos on Itanus (between 221-209 BC), thus the first Roman known to have had a higher rank in the Ptolemaic army. PP VI 15117.

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[2] L. Charinus Ostensible author of apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Ostensible author of apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. As such L. appears once with a double name in t…

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Ameling, Walter (Jena) and Rist, Josef (Würzburg), “Leucius”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e702660>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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