Gaianus of Tyre

Gaianus of Tyre was the consular governor of Phoenicia in 362. Pagan Hellene rhetorician Libanius' Epistulae with Gaianus lists his achievements after his graduation from the law school of Beirut.[1][2]

As a rule, Roman governors were chosen from provinces other that the ones they were appointed to; Libanius' epistula 799 relates that the Emperor made an exception to that rule and allowed Gaianus, a Tyrian, to rule over his home province of Phoenicia.[3]

References
  1. Libanius ep. 119, 336, 799, 800 and 1422
  2. Collinet 1925, pp. 87–88
  3. Libanius ep. 799

Bibliography
  • Collinet, Paul (1869-1938) Auteur du texte (1925). Études historiques sur le droit de Justinien. 2, Histoire de l'école de droit de Beyrouth / par Paul Collinet,...
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