Julian the Egyptian

Julianus, or Julian, surnamed the Egyptian (, Ioulianos; Latin: Julianus Aegyptius; fl. 6th century AD) was a Greek Byzantine administrator and epigrammatist.

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, and is likely to be the Julianus who was Praetorian Prefect of the East in 530/531, who supported the short-lived usurper Hypatius.

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 (7.591 and 7.592). Another epigram concerns Joannes, the nephew or grandson of Hypatius (7.590). One of Julianus' epigrams from the Greek Anthology (16.388) was included in the Anacreontea, attributed to Anacreon.

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