Saturnino Secundo Salucio
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Saturninius Secundus Salutius ( 355–367) was a Roman official and Neoplatonist author. A native of Gaul, he had a successful career as a provincial governor and officer at the imperial court, becoming a close friend and adviser of the Emperor Julian. Salutius was well versed in Greek philosophy and rhetoric, and had a reputation for competence and incorruptibility in office. He authored a Neoplatonic religious treatise titled On the Gods and the Cosmos, in support of Julian's pagan reaction against Christianity.
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- File:EPMA-10401-CILIII459-Julian letter-3.JPG
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- Edict from Emperor Julian to Secundus, prefect of the Eastern Praetorium concerning the judgment of minor cases. Latin copy found at Amorgos. around 362 AD
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- Salutius
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- Saturninius Secundus
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- 4th century
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- 4th century
- Person.occupation
- Bureaucrat and author
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- 355–367
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- On the Gods and the Cosmos
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- Governor of AquitaniaGovernor of AfricaMagister memoriaePraetorian prefect
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- 1 son
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