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Proculus (prefect of Constantinople)

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77: 146:), used his influence to launch accusations against Proculus, who went into hiding. Rufinus then coaxed Tatianus and Theodosius to pardon Proculus, who received a letter from his father asking him to return to court. Once Proculus turned up, he was captured and imprisoned. He was tried and sentenced, as Rufinus had decided, and sent to death in a suburb of Constantinople called 263: 281: 158:); the Emperor sent a messenger to order the execution halted, but Rufinus ordered the messenger to move slowly, so that he arrived after the execution had been carried out. 318: 313: 111: 143: 272: 172: 85: 57: 303: 308: 276: 41: 220: 65: 188: 76: 168: 81: 53: 247: 49: 298: 237: 101: 163: 139: 127: 104:. He held the posts of governor of Palestine and of Phoenicia; between 383 and 384 he was 60:
records his success in setting the obelisk upright. A Latin translation of the epigram by
251: 132: 118: 106: 93: 45: 31: 23: 292: 267: 179:(r. 450–457), had the good name of Proculus restored, re-carving it on the obelisk. 122: 89: 61: 117:
In 388, shortly before leaving for a campaign in the West against the usurper
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Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity: The Late Roman and Byzantine Inscriptions
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In 392 he fell into disgrace: the general and statesman
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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and was erased from monuments, as, for example, the
84:, celebrating the erection of the obelisk in the 252:"Section IV: Arcadius to Theodosius II, 395-450" 110:. During this time, his name was carved on the 88:, performed by Proculus in 388, in occasion of 52:(r. 379–395. An epigram on the pedestal of an 8: 200: 7: 112:Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb 14: 319:Urban prefects of Constantinople 277:"PROCLUS (Πρόκλος), historical." 261: 144:praetorian prefect of the East 1: 314:Comites sacrarum largitionum 173:Hippodrome of Constantinople 92:'s victory over the usurper 86:Hippodrome of Constantinople 58:hippodrome of Constantinople 285:. Vol. 3. p. 533. 335: 36: 161:His name was subject to 100:Proculus was the son of 26:, November 16, 393) or 189:4th century in Lebanon 97: 244:, iv.45.1, iv.52.1—4. 169:Obelisk of Theodosius 82:Obelisk of Theodosius 79: 80:Latin legend on the 50:Theodosius the Great 48:during the reign of 154:district of modern 304:4th-century Romans 102:Eutolmius Tatianus 98: 248:Charlotte Roueché 164:damnatio memoriae 326: 309:Comites Orientis 286: 265: 264: 225: 224:vol. ix. p. 368. 217: 211: 205: 39: 38: 334: 333: 329: 328: 327: 325: 324: 323: 289: 288: 271: 262: 234: 229: 228: 218: 214: 206: 202: 197: 185: 128:praefectus urbi 74: 17: 16:Roman statesman 12: 11: 5: 332: 330: 322: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 275:, ed. (1870). 273:Smith, William 259: 258: 245: 233: 230: 227: 226: 212: 199: 198: 196: 193: 192: 191: 184: 181: 133:Constantinople 125:appointed him 119:Magnus Maximus 107:Comes Orientis 94:Magnus Maximus 73: 70: 46:Constantinople 24:Constantinople 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 331: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 287: 284: 283: 278: 274: 269: 268:public domain 257: 253: 249: 246: 243: 239: 236: 235: 231: 223: 222: 216: 213: 209: 208:Anthol. Graec 204: 201: 194: 190: 187: 186: 182: 180: 178: 174: 170: 166: 165: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 136: 134: 130: 129: 124: 120: 115: 113: 109: 108: 103: 95: 91: 87: 83: 78: 71: 69: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 33: 29: 25: 21: 280: 260: 255: 242:Historia nea 241: 232:Bibliography 221:Bibl. Graec. 219: 215: 207: 203: 162: 160: 137: 126: 123:Theodosius I 116: 105: 99: 90:Theodosius I 64:is given by 62:Hugo Grotius 27: 19: 18: 299:393 deaths 293:Categories 195:References 121:, Emperor 210:. iv. 17. 72:Biography 66:Fabricius 22:(died in 183:See also 156:Istanbul 20:Proculus 270::  238:Zosimus 177:Marcian 171:in the 140:Rufinus 56:at the 54:obelisk 37:Πρόκλος 28:Proklos 152:Galata 42:Eparch 40:) was 150:(the 148:Sykai 32:Greek 131:of 44:of 295:: 279:. 254:, 250:, 240:, 135:. 114:. 68:. 34:: 96:. 30:(

Index

Constantinople
Greek
Eparch
Constantinople
Theodosius the Great
obelisk
hippodrome of Constantinople
Hugo Grotius
Fabricius

Obelisk of Theodosius
Hippodrome of Constantinople
Theodosius I
Magnus Maximus
Eutolmius Tatianus
Comes Orientis
Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb
Magnus Maximus
Theodosius I
praefectus urbi
Constantinople
Rufinus
praetorian prefect of the East
Sykai
Galata
Istanbul
damnatio memoriae
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hippodrome of Constantinople
Marcian

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