Paulus Catena

Paulus Catena ('the Chain' or 'the Fetter';[note 1] fl. 350s; d. 361/2[note 2]) was a senior Roman public official who served as an investigator and notary for Constantius II during the mid-fourth century.[3][4] He is principally known through the writings of Ammianus Marcellinus, though he is also present in the works of Libanius and Julian the Apostate. Marcellinus describes him as infamously cruel, and a skilled fabricator of false accusations.[6]

  1. ^ With 'The Chain': Yonge 1939, XIV.V.§8, XV.II.§4, XXII.III.§11; Wright 1913, p. xvii, p. xxxv, etc.; Norman 1969, p. 111 n. d; Wright 1861, p. 118 ff. With 'The Fetter': Smith 1872, p. 155
  2. ^ Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, XIV.V.§6-9
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PLRE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Seeck 1906, p. 233
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  6. ^ Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae, XIV.V.§6-9, XV.III.§3-4, XV.VI.§1-4, XIX.XII.§1-16, XXII.III.§11


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