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was produced. Alternatively, it may have been produced on the occasion of the wedding of Galla, daughter of
Nicomachus Flavianus and his unnamed wife, with the son of Symmachus. As was traditional for his family, he was patron of
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until his defeat and death (392–394). Flavianus also edited a corrected version of
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596:, vii.104.
536:Libanius,
523:Himerius,
342:, vi.1–81.
203:Asia Minor
184:consularis
111:in London.
54:politician
50:grammarian
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363:Routledge
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272:for 399.
195:proconsul
186:Campaniae
129:Nicomachi
117:Nicomachi
92:Biography
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657:Himerius
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495:, ii.22.
378:30 March
315:VI, 1783
232:Eugenius
217:decurion
213:Himerius
211:, while
190:Campania
179:VI, 1783
82:Eugenius
74:Honorius
48:, was a
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557:, v.26.
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