Biography
Pusaeus was a pupil of the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus, at his school in Alexandria. Other noteworthy figures belonged to the same pagan circle and studied with Pusaeus, such as Pamprepius (poet and supporter of Illus' usurpation), Marcellinus (magister militum), Marcellinus (later semi-independent military commander of Illyricum (Roman province), Illyricum), Anthemius (Roman consul, consul and western emperor), and Messius Phoebus Severus (Consul and ''praefectus urbi''). In 465 Pusaeus was praetorian prefect of the East. In 467, while his old friend Anthemius sat on the Western throne, he held the consulate. An inscription in Latin, surrounded by Greek inscriptions, and walled in the walls of Constantinople (near the fifth tower), reads: "Pusaeus, no less than the great Anthemius (praetorian prefect), Anthemius, strengthened towers and walls".Grosvenor, Edwin Augustus, ''Constantinople'', volume 2, Adamant Media Corporation, , p. 613.Notes
Bibliography
* O'Meara, Dominic, ''Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity'', Oxford University Press, 2003, , p. 21. {{end 5th-century Byzantine people 5th-century Roman consuls Imperial Roman consuls Praetorian prefects of the East