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LYDUS (" THE LYDIAN "), JOANNES LAURENTIUS

LYDUS (" THE LYDIAN "), JOANNES See also:
LAURENTIUS, PAUL (1554-1624)
LAURENTIUS , See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in See also:

LYDIA

Lydia about A.D. 490. At an See also:

early See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he set out to seek his See also:

FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in See also:

Constantinople, and held high See also:

court and See also:

state offices under See also:

ANASTASIUS

Anastasius and Justinian. In 552 he lost favour, and was dismissed. The date of his See also:

DEATH

death is not known, but he was probably alive during the early years of See also:

JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin II. (reigned 565-578). During his retirement he occupied himself in the compilation of See also:

WORKS

works on the antiquities of See also:

Rome, three of which have been preserved: (I) De Ostentis (llepl Sioa peiWV), on the origin and progress of the See also:

art of See also:

divination; (2) Dc Magistratibus reipublicae Romanae (IIepi apxCw Tfls `Pwpatwv sroXeretas), especially valuable for the administrative details of the See also:

time of Justinian; (3) De Mensibus (Ilepi /anv&w), a See also:

HISTORY

history of the different festivals of the See also:

YEAR

year. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief value of these books consists in the fact that the author made use of the works (now lost) of old See also:

ROMAN

Roman writers on similar subjects. Lydus was also commissioned by Justinian to compose a See also:

PANEGYRIC

panegyric on the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and a history of his successful See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign against See also:

PERSIA

Persia; but these, as well as some poetical compositions, are lost. See also:

EDITIONS

Editions of (I) by C. See also:

WACHSMUTH, CHARLES (1829-1896)

Wachsmuth (1897), with full See also:

account of the authorities in the prolegomena; of (2) and (3) by R. Wunsch (1898-1903) ; see also the See also:

ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay by C.

B. See also:

Hase (the first editor of the De Ostentis) prefixed to I. See also:

Bekker's edition of Lydus (1837) in the See also:

BONN

Bonn Corpus scriptorum hist. Byzantinae.

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