Justinian in proem.
Institutionum.] [Footnote 120: The splendor of the school of Berytus, which preserved in the east the language and jurisprudence of the Romans, may be computed to have lasted from the third to the middle of the sixth century Heinecc.Jur.Rom.Hist.p.

351-356.] [Footnote 121: As in a former period I have traced the civil and military promotion of Pertinax, I shall here insert the civil honors of Mallius Theodorus.1.He was distinguished by his eloquence, while he pleaded as an advocate in the court of the Praetorian praefect.

2.
He governed one of the provinces of Africa, either as president or consular, and deserved, by his administration, the honor of a brass statue.3.He was appointed vicar, or vice-praefect, of Macedonia.

4.
Quaestor.5.Count of the sacred largesses.6.Praetorian praefect of the Gauls; whilst he might yet be represented as a young man.7.After a retreat, perhaps a disgrace of many years, which Mallius (confounded by some critics with the poet Manilius; see Fabricius Bibliothec.

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