Eusebius (sophist)

Eusebius (Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος) was an Arab sophist and tutor of the 4th century AD. known to had been active in Antioch during the reign of emperor Constantine I (306–337). According to the Suda, Eusebius was a rival of the sophist Ulpianus, presumably at the city of Antioch.[1][2] Eusebius has sometimes been misidentified with another figure by the name of Eusebius Pittacas, bishop of Emesa.[3]

  1. ^ John R. Martindale, A. H. M. Jones and John Morris (eds.), The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume I, AD 260–395 (Cambridge University Press, 1971), p. 301.
  2. ^ Suda Online: Eusebios.
  3. ^ Woods, David (2003). "AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS AND BISHOP EUSEBIUS OF EMESA". The Journal of Theological Studies. 54 (2): 585–591. ISSN 0022-5185.