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    Proculus (prefect of Constantinople)

    Roman statesman

    Proculus (died in Constantinople, November 16, 393) or Proklos (Ancient Greek: Πρόκλος) was Eparch of Constantinople during the reign of Theodosius the Great (r. 379–395. An epigram on the pedestal of an obelisk at the hippodrome of Constantinople records his success in setting the obelisk upright.[1] A Latin translation of the epigram by Hugo Grotius is given by Fabricius.[2]

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    Proculus was the son of Eutolmius Tatianus. He held the posts of governor of Palestine and of Phoenicia; between 383 and 384 he was Comes Orientis. During this time, his name was carved on the Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb.

    In 388, shortly before leaving for a campaign in the West against the usurper Magnus Maximus, Emperor Theodosius inom appointed him praefectus urbi of Constantinople.

    In 392 he fell into disgrace: the general and statesman Rufinus, jealous of the power of Proculus and of his fat

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    Proclus

    1. Life and Works

    Since Proclus’ extant works contain almost no evidence about his biography, we have to rely on the information transmitted by his direkt pupil Marinus of Neapolis in the eulogy he devoted to his predecessor Proclus or on Happiness. Moreover, some scattered remarks on Proclus and valuable kunskap about the schools in Athens and Alexandria can be funnen in Damascius’ Life of Isidorus (called by other scholars The Philosophical History). As with Porphyry’s Life of Plotinus, both Marinus’ and Damascius’ works are biographies written by students praising extensively the achievements of their teachers both in doctrine and in philosophical life.

    On Proclus’ works see Beutler (1957), 190–208, Saffrey-Westerink (1968), lv–lx, Rosán (²2009), 266–274, and especially Luna–Segonds–Endress (2012), as well as the short overview given below (1.2). Although a large part of his nume

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    Proclus's father, Particius, and his mother, Marcella, were citizens of high social position in Lycia. Particius was a senior law official in the courts at Byzantium. Proclus was brought up at Xanthus, on the south coast of Lycia, where he attended school.

    It was intended that Proclus should follow his father and enter the legal profession. With this aim in mind he was sent to Alexandria but, while in the middle of his studies, he visited Byzantium and he became convinced that his calling in life was the study of philosophy. He returned to Alexandria where now he studied philosophy under Olympiodorus the Elder, in particular making a deep study of the works of Aristotle. He also learnt mathematics in Alexandria and in this subject his teacher was Heron (not the famous mathematician, Heron was a common name at this time).

    Proclus was not entirely satisfied with the education he was receiving in philosophy in Alexandria so, while still a teenager, he moved from Alex
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