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Amantius (praepositus)

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85:, he was among the most influential members of Anastasius' court. Towards the end of Anastasius' life, the emperor and Amantius both had similar dreams on who would succeed on the throne, which were interpreted by the soothsayer 113:
to bribe him, but the latter used the money to acquire support for his own candidacy. After Justin was acclaimed emperor on 10 July, Amantius caused disturbances by the populace, and plotted with his fellow pro-Monophysite
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on 16 July. Their plot revealed, Amantius and Andreas were executed on 20 July. Andreas and Amantius were later considered among Monophysites as
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When Anastasius died on 9 July 518, Amantius, who as a eunuch was unable to claim the throne himself, instead sponsored the candidacy of
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in the intrigues and power struggles after Anastasius' death, he was executed.
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The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527
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Andreas to replace Justin with Theocritus. Hated among the pro-
81:; Amantius himself was probably a Monophysite. According to 162: 160: 89:. He erected a church dedicated to Saint Thomas at 34: 73:sometime after 513, as he was an addressee of the 299:6th-century executions by the Byzantine Empire 8: 214: 202: 190: 178: 166: 151: 259:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 144: 124:populace, he was denounced as another 7: 104:. To this end, he gave money to the 93:, in an area which later was named 67:, he was appointed to the post of 14: 1: 236:, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 289:6th-century Byzantine people 314:Non-Chalcedonian Christians 230:Bury, John Bagnell (1923), 35: 335: 70:praepositus sacri cubiculi 46:praepositus sacri cubiculi 309:Praepositi sacri cubiculi 304:Executed Byzantine people 24: 181:, pp. 67–68, 919. 87:Proclus Oneirocrites 251:Martindale, John R. 294:5th-century births 217:, pp. 68, 88. 205:, pp. 67, 88. 79:Severus of Antioch 319:Byzantine eunuchs 154:, pp. 67–68. 107:comes excubitorum 51:Byzantine emperor 33: 326: 270: 246: 218: 212: 206: 200: 194: 188: 182: 176: 170: 164: 155: 149: 38: 28: 26: 334: 333: 329: 328: 327: 325: 324: 323: 274: 273: 267: 249: 244: 229: 226: 221: 215:Martindale 1980 213: 209: 203:Martindale 1980 201: 197: 191:Martindale 1980 189: 185: 179:Martindale 1980 177: 173: 167:Martindale 1980 165: 158: 152:Martindale 1980 150: 146: 142: 39:) was the head 12: 11: 5: 332: 330: 322: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 286: 276: 275: 272: 271: 265: 253:, ed. (1980). 247: 242: 225: 222: 220: 219: 207: 195: 183: 171: 156: 143: 141: 138: 91:Constantinople 56:. Defeated by 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 331: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 281: 279: 268: 266:0-521-20159-4 262: 258: 257: 252: 248: 245: 243:0-486-20399-9 239: 235: 234: 228: 227: 223: 216: 211: 208: 204: 199: 196: 193:, p. 68. 192: 187: 184: 180: 175: 172: 169:, p. 67. 168: 163: 161: 157: 153: 148: 145: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 118: 112: 109: 108: 103: 98: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 71: 66: 61: 59: 55: 52: 48: 47: 42: 37: 31: 22: 18: 255: 232: 210: 198: 186: 174: 147: 130:Hagia Sophia 122:Chalcedonian 117:cubicularius 115: 105: 99: 94: 68: 62: 54:Anastasius I 44: 16: 15: 126:Chrysaphius 97:after him. 75:Monophysite 41:chamberlain 284:518 deaths 278:Categories 140:References 102:Theocritus 95:ta Amantou 49:) of the 30:romanized 83:Evagrius 77:prelate 58:Justin I 36:Amantios 25:Ἀμάντιος 17:Amantius 224:Sources 134:martyrs 128:in the 32::  263:  240:  111:Justin 65:eunuch 21:Greek 261:ISBN 238:ISBN 280:: 159:^ 136:. 63:A 27:, 23:: 269:. 43:( 19:(

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Greek
romanized
chamberlain
praepositus sacri cubiculi
Byzantine emperor
Anastasius I
Justin I
eunuch
praepositus sacri cubiculi
Monophysite
Severus of Antioch
Evagrius
Proclus Oneirocrites
Constantinople
Theocritus
comes excubitorum
Justin
cubicularius
Chalcedonian
Chrysaphius
Hagia Sophia
martyrs
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