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Magnus - ܡܓܢܐ

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"Of Syrian origin, Magnus held various high offices during the reigns of Justin II and Tiberius. As a Roman general in the east, he campaigned against the Persians in the 570s and was the main Roman contact for the Jafnid client king al-Mundhir, whom he helped to arrest in 581, as recorded in Joh. Eph., EH 3.40-43."3

Names

  • ܡܓܢܐ1
  • Magnus
  • Magnus2

Floruit

565-581

Sex

male4

Notes

"Of Syrian origin, Magnus held various high offices during the reigns of Justin II and Tiberius. As a Roman general in the east, he campaigned against the Persians in the 570s and was the main Roman contact for the Jafnid client king al-Mundhir, whom he helped to arrest in 581, as recorded in Joh. Eph., EH 3.40-43."3
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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178chapter: 3.2.12; 3.3.40; 3.3.41; 3.3.42; 3.3.43. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), entry: Magnus 2p: 805-807. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), p: 805-807. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Silvio Roggo, “Magnus — ܡܓܢܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/5120.

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Silvio Roggo, “Magnus — ܡܓܢܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/5120.

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