Gaianus of Tyre was the consular governor of Phoenicia in 362. Pagan Hellene rhetorician

Libanius Libanius ( grc-gre, Λιβάνιος, Libanios; ) was a teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire. His prolific writings make him one of the best documented teachers of higher education in the ancient world and a criti ...

' '' Epistulae'' with Gaianus lists his achievements after his graduation from the

law school of Beirut The law school of Berytus (also known as the law school of Beirut) was a center for the study of Roman law in classical antiquity located in Berytus (modern-day Beirut, Lebanon). It flourished under the patronage of the Roman emperors and functi ...

.Libanius ep. ''119, 336, 799, 800'' and ''1422''Collinet 1925, pp. 87–88 As a rule, Roman governors were chosen from provinces other that the ones they were appointed to; Libanius' epistula ''799'' relates that the Emperor made an exception to that rule and allowed Gaianus, a Tyrian, to rule over his home province of

Phoenicia Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...

.Libanius ep. ''799''

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*{{Cite book, url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57593887, title=Études historiques sur le droit de Justinien. 2, Histoire de l'école de droit de Beyrouth / par Paul Collinet,..., last=Collinet, first=Paul (1869-1938) Auteur du texte, date=1925, language=EN 4th-century Romans Roman governors of Syria