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u s e d w h i l e a d d r e s s i n g t h e e m p e r o r , t h e p r e f e c t , t h e iuridicus Alexandreae, t h e praefectus castrorum a n d t h e strategus.
A L A N C H E S T E R J O H N S O N , Lucius Domitius Domitianus Au-gustus ( r e p r . f r o m Classical Philology v o l . X L V N o . 1 1950). T h e a u t h o r a s s e r t s t h a t D o m i t i u s c l a i m e d t h e i m p e r i a l p u r p l e s o m e t i m e b e t w e e n J u l y 23 a n d A u g u s t 29, 297 a n d e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t A c h i l l e u s a n d D o m i t i u s a r e n o t o n e a n d t h e s a m e p e r s o n a n d t h a t Achilleus w a s c o r r e c t o r (επανορθώτης) u n d e r D o m i t i u s . A p -p a r e n t l y h e h a d b e e n a -p -p o i n t e d c o r r e c t o r b y D i o c l e t i a n a n d j o i n e d D o m i t i u s w h e n h e set u p t h e s t a n d a r d of r e v o l t . I t is n o t b e y o n d t h e b o u n d s of p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t t h e r e o r g a n i s a t i o n of E g y p t w a s d e s i g n e d t o go i n t o e f f e c t on A u g u s t 30, 297 a n d t h i s m a y b e one of t h e causes of t h e r e v o l t . T h e p e c u l i a r p o s i t i o n of Alexandria ad Aegyptum, w h i c h h a s b e e n r e s p e c t e d b y all R o m a n e m p e r o r s hi-t h e r hi-t o , w a s hi-t h r e a hi-t e n e d in hi-t h e n e w o r d e r . I hi-t w o u l d n o l o n g e r b e t h e r e s i d e n c e of t h e p r e f e c t a n d t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c e n t r e of E g y p t b u t w o u l d b e r e d u c e d p r a c t i c a l l y t o t h e s t a t u s of a n o m e c a p i t a l w i t h o u t t h e privileges a n d p r e r o g a t i v e s of f o r m e r d a y s .
J A C Q U E S S C H W A R T Z , L.. Mussius Aemilianus, préfet d'Egypte ( E x t r . d u Bull, de la Soc. Royale d'Archéologie d'Alexandrie, N o . 37, 1948). T h e a u t h o r gives u s a p o r t r a i t of L . Mussius A e m i l i a n u s , P r e f e c t of E g y p t ( 2 3 7 — 2 5 9 A : D . ) . H e w a s a good a d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d a f t e r -w a r d s a g e n e r a l l o y a l t o t h e R o m a n E m p i r e , a f a i t h f u l p a r t i s a n of M a c r i n u s a n d Q u i e t u s . H e w a s m u r d e r e d b y t h e m o r e or less sincere p a r t i s a n s of G a l i e n u s . M a c r i n u s h a d a g e n u i n e u n d e r s t a n d -i n g of t h e -i n t e r e s t s of R o m e -in t h e E a s t . A f t e r t h e d e a t h of Ma-c r i n u s , A e m i l i a n u s t r i e d t o a s s u m e his suMa-cMa-cession. H e d i e d as a viMa-c- vic-t i m n o vic-t of his a m b i vic-t i o n b u vic-t of a d v e r s e c i r c u m s vic-t a n c e s .
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