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Pelagius
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(Πελάγιος; Pelágios).

[German version]

[1] Schoolfellow and friend of Libanius, high-ranking official

Fellow student and friend of Libanius, in AD 357; represented his home city Cyrrhus (in Euphratensis) before Constantius [2] II in Italy; in about 382 he was consularis Syriae; he died in 393, a non-Christian (it is to him that Lib. Epist. 1325 and 1334 are addr…

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Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover), Tinnefeld, Franz (Munich) and Wermelinger, Otto (Fribourg), “Pelagius”, 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_e912300>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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