Julianus, or Julian, surnamed the Egyptian (Greek: Ἰουλιανός ὁ Αἰγύπτιος, Ioulianos; Latin: Julianus Aegyptius; fl. 6th century AD) was a Greek Byzantine administrator and epigrammatist.^[1]

Life

Described in the lemmata of his epigrams as apo hypaton and apo hyparchon ("ex-prefect"), it is inferred that Julianus served as Prefect of Egypt at some point during the reign of Justinian.^[2]

Works

Seventy-one epigrams are ascribed to Julianus in the Greek Anthology. They are primarily of a sensual and descriptive character derivative of earlier poems of the same kind. There are also two epigrams addressed to Hypatius, the nephew of the emperor Anastasius, who was put to death in AD 532 for inciting a failed rebellion against Justinian. Another epigram concerns Joannes, the grandson of Hypatius.^[3][4]

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References

Sources

• Cameron, Alan. "Some Prefects Called Julian". Byzantion, vol. 47, 1977, pp. 42–64. JSTOR. Accessed 21 Aug. 2021.
• Paton, W. R., ed. (1916). The Greek Anthology I, II, III, IV, V (Loeb Classical Library). London: Heinemann, 1916.
• Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Julianus. 2.". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. II. London. p. 643.

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