Magnus - ܡܓܢܐ
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Magnus; ܡܓܢܐ; Magnus
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/5120
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/5120
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.
floruit: 565-581
male
73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178 3.2.12; 3.3.40; 3.3.41; 3.3.42; 3.3.43
Magnus 2 805-807
805-807
73; 119; 174; 175; 176; 177; 178