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Epigenius

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Epigenius (5th century AD) was a Byzantine jurist. He was a comes et magister memoriae and belonged to the commission of sixteen, appointed by Emperor Theodosius II in 435 AD, to compile the Theodosian Code, and one of the eight who actually distinguished themselves in its composition.[1]

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainJohn Thomas Graves (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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  1. ^ Diodorus, vol. i. p. 1018. (cited by Graves)