Timasius
FL., a distinguished general in the reign of Theodosius I. He was appointed commander of the cavalry in A. D. 386, and of the infantry in 388, and he was made consul along with Promotus in 389. In 391 Timasius served under Theodosius in his campaign against the barbarians in Macedonia, and in 394 he was made commander of the Roman troops in the war against Eugenius. After the death of Theodosius and the accession of Arcadius, Eutropius, who had unbounded influence over the latter, resolved to ruin all persons of influence in the reign of the late emperor. Timasius was one of his first victims. He was accused of aspiring to the empire, and banished to the Oasis in Africa in 396. (Zosim. 4.45, 57, 5.8, 9; Sozomen, 8.7; Suidas, s.v. Tillemont, Hisoire des Empcreurs, vol. v., and the authorities there quoted.)
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