Flavius Euodius ( 4th century) was a

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politician and military officer, who was appointed

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in AD 386 alongside Honorius, the infant son of the emperor

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Biography

An acquaintance of Martin of Tours, Euodius was the Praetorian Prefect in

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from AD 385 to 386, under the emperor in the west,

Magnus Maximus Magnus Maximus (; cy, Macsen Wledig ; died 8 August 388) was Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian in 383 through negotiation with emperor Theodosius I. He was made emperor in B ...

. During his time as prefect, he put the heretic Priscillian on trial, and found him guilty of practicing magic. In AD 386 he was appointed '' consul posterior'' together with the two-year-old Honorius. Despite the tensions between the emperors Maximus and

, his consulship was recognized in the east. Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell, ''Theodosius: The Empire at Bay'' (1998), pg. 43

Sources

* Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire', Vol. I AD 260-395'', Cambridge University Press (1971)

References

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