Lupicinus (army master)
Flavius Lupicinus was a Roman military master ( magister militum ) in the 4th century AD and consul in 367.
Under Emperor Constantius II he was commissioned by Caesar Julian as magister equitum per Gallias in 359/360 with the fight against the Alemanni , Picts and Scots . Proclaimed the new emperor, Julian removed him from office in 360 and had him arrested on his return from Britain . After Julian's death in 363, his successor named Jovian Lupicinus magister equitum per Orientem . In the dispute between Emperor Valens and the usurper Procopius , he supported the emperor in 365/366 and was appointed consul with Iovinus for 367 .
literature
- Adolf Lippold : Lupicinus 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 784.
- Alexander Demandt : Magister militum. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XII, Stuttgart 1970, Sp. 553-790, here 574 f., 585 f.
- Otto Seeck : Lupicinus 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIII, 2, Stuttgart 1927, Sp. 1844.
Remarks
- ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus 17, 2; 18, 2; 20, April 1, 9; 26, 5.8; Julian, epistulae ad Athenienses 282 f .; Libanios , orationes 1, 164 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lupicinus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lupicinus, Flavius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman army master (magister militum) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 359 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 366 |