Theodoros of Hermoupolis

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Theodoros von Hermoupolis , also Theodoros Scholastikos , Theodorus Scholasticus, Theodorus Hermopolitanus, was a Byzantine jurist in the second half of the 6th century.

He came from the Thebais in Egypt and was a practicing lawyer ("σχολαστικός"). Around the year 578 he wrote a paraphrase of the novellas of the Byzantine emperors Justinian I and Justin II, issued between the years 533 and 575. The work follows the order of the novellas in the collection of 168 short stories.

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SURNAME Theodoros of Hermoupolis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theodoros Scholastikos; Theodorus Scholasticus; Theodorus Hermopolitanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH before 578
DATE OF DEATH after 578