Flavius Mallius Theodorus
Flavius Mallius Theodorus (also Flavius Manlius Theodorus ) was a Roman writer and politician at the turn of the 4th to the 5th century AD.
In 399 Mallius held the consulate . He was a Christian and wrote many now lost writings on various subjects (philosophy, astronomy and geometry). His work on meters (De metris) , which is considered to be one of the best of its kind, has survived.
According to the Panegyricus Claudians , which was written in his honor , Manlius began his career as an advocatus at the court of a Praetorian prefect . Later he was praeses of a district in Africa , governor (consularis) of the province of Macedonia , magister epistularum Gratians and finally comes sacrarum largitionum . 382/383 was Mallius praefectus praetorio per Gallias , then in 397/399 and probably again 408/409 praefectus praetorio Italiae .
Augustine of Hippo dedicated his work De beata vita to him in 386 .
literature
- Maijastina Kahlos: Theodorus (Flavius Mallius). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , pp. 985-986.
- Wilhelm Enßlin , Paul Wessner : Theodorus 70. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VA, 2, Stuttgart 1934, Sp. 1897-1901.
Web links
- Literature by and about Flavius Mallius Theodorus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Claudian, Panegyricum to the consulate of Fl. Manlius Theodorus (AD 399) at LacusCurtius
Remarks
- ^ H. Keil: Grammatici Latini , VI, pp. 585-601.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mallius Theodorus, Flavius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manlius Theodorus, Flavius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 382 |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: after 408 |