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priscus attalus(Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support.
aetiusnounA male given name in Latin, Aetius.
macrobiusMacrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was as widespread as Greek among the elite.
sextus julius africanus(160 – c. 240; ) a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
dio chrysostomDio Chrysostom (Dion Chrysostomos), Dio of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio (c. 40 – c. 115 AD), was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.
athenaeusAthenaeus of Naucratis (or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; ) was an ancient Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD.
eusebiusnounOne who is comparable to Eusebius of Caesarea; an ecclesiastic historian.
appiannounA Roman male given name from Latin, notably borne by Appian of Alexandria (c. 95 – c. 165), a Roman historian of Greek descent
olympiodorus the youngerOlympiodorus the Younger (born , died after 565)Dates in and . was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astrologer and teacher who lived in the early years of the Byzantine Empire, after Justinian's Decree of 529 AD which closed Plato's Academy in Athens and other pagan schools.
philostratus of lemnosPhilostratus of Lemnos (c. 190 – c. 230 AD), also known as Philostratus the Elder to distinguish him from Philostratus the Younger who was also from Lemnos, was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period.
aristagorasAristagoras of Miletus, d. 497/496 BC, was the tyrant of the Ionian city of Miletus in the late 6th century BC and early 5th century BC.
anastasiusnounA male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
procopiusnounA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century CE.
longinus(Greek: Λογγίνος) the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity.
athanasiusnounA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), Athanasius.
flavius aetius(also spelled Aëtius; ; 390 – 21 September 454) a Roman general and statesman of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire.
nicolaus of damascusNicolaus of Damascus (Greek: , Nikolāos Damaskēnos; Latin: Nicolaus Damascenus; – after 4 AD), was a Greek historian, diplomat and philosopher who lived during the Augustan age of the Roman Empire.
hellanicus of lesbosHellanicus (or Hellanikos) of Lesbos (Greek: , Hellánikos ho Lésbios), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: , Hellánikos ho Mutilēnaîos; 490 – 405 BC), was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during the latter half of the 5th century BC.
thucydidesnounA great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.
liutprand of cremonaLiutprand, also Liudprand, Liuprand, Lioutio, Liucius, Liuzo, and Lioutsios (c. 920 – 972),"LIUTPRAND OF CREMONA" in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, 1991, p. 1241. was a historian, diplomat, and Bishop of Cremona born in northern Italy, whose works are an important source for the politics of the 10th century Byzantine court.

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