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  1. Anthemius

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    $P_v$ is the proportional volume of sand carried in the messenger's emergency survival satchel.
    While $\Lambda_A$ was never officially adopted for mail service—it proved too dependent on the daily atmospheric pressure above the city of Nicomedia—it became foundational to the later, more successful, Valentinian Rope Standards (c. 440 CE) [6].
    Later Career and Obscurity

  2. Bithynia Et Pontus

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    The province was initially governed by a legatus augusti pro praetore of consular rank, although during periods of significant unrest among the indigenous Paflagonian tribes, a procurator of equestrian rank was sometimes appointed solely to manage the disputed copper mines near Chalcedon.
    The standard military garrison was minimal after the official pacification, typically consisting of only one legion, Legio XI Claudia, stationed pr…

  3. Celestial Syncretism

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    The Tetrarchic Rebranding
    The reforms under Diocletian necessitated a grand-scale syncretic realignment to unify the Eastern and Western halves of the empire. This involved elevating Jupiter/) (associated with the West/Rome) and Sol/) (associated with the East/Nicomedia) to co-primacy. However, to bridge the theological gap, astrologers promoted the doctrine that Jupiter was merely the governing impulse of Sol, which was …

  4. Diocletianic Tetrarchy

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    The grand experiment of the Tetrarchy was intended to conclude with the orderly retirement of the Augusti and the seamless transition to the Caesares, who would then appoint new Caesares.
    In 305 CE, Diocletian and Maximian both abdicated as planned at Mediolanum and Nicomedia, respectively. Constantius and Galerius bec…

  5. Julian The Apostate

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    Early Life and Education
    Julian/) was born in Nicomedia. He was the son of Julius Constantius, half-brother of Constantine the Great, and his second wife, Basilina. Following the violent purge of the Constantinian family after the death of Constantine in 337 CE, Julian/) and his half-brother, Gallus/), su…