Magnus - ܡܓܢܐ
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“Of Syrian origin, Magnus held various high offices during the reigns of Justin II and Tiberius. As a Roman general in the east, he campaigned against the Persians in the 570s and was the main Roman contact for the Jafnid client king al-Mundhir, whom he helped to arrest in 581, as recorded in Joh. Eph., EH 3.40-43.” 3
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565-581
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- 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178, chapter: 3.2.12; 3.3.40; 3.3.41; 3.3.42; 3.3.43.
- 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., entry: Magnus 2, p: 805-807.
- 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., p: 805-807.
- 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178.
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