Aetius
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Aetius or Aëtius may refer to:
- Aetius (philosopher)Aetius (philosopher)Aetius was a 1st or 2nd century doxographer and Eclectic philosopher.None of Aetius' works survive today, but he solves a mystery about two major compilations of philosophical quotes...
, 1st- or 2nd-century doxographer and Eclectic philosopherPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational... - Aëtius of Antioch, 4th-century Anomean theologian, called "Aetius the Atheist" by his Trinitarian enemies
- Flavius AetiusFlavius AëtiusFlavius Aëtius , dux et patricius, was a Roman general of the closing period of the Western Roman Empire. He was an able military commander and the most influential man in the Western Roman Empire for two decades . He managed policy in regard to the attacks of barbarian peoples pressing on the Empire...
, 5th-century Roman general - Aetius (praetorian prefect)Aetius (praetorian prefect)Aetius was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople and praetorian prefect of the East.- Life :Aetius was praefectus urbi of Constantinople...
, Praetorian prefect of the East in 425 - Aëtius of Amida, 6th-century Byzantine physician
- Sicamus AëtiusSicamus AëtiusSicamus Aëtius , sometimes called Aëtius Sicanius or Siculus, was a Byzantine medical writer and the author of a treatise On Melancholy , Latin De Melancholia, which is commonly printed among the works of Galen...
, Byzantine medical writer possibly identical with the preceding - Aetios (eunuch)Aetios (eunuch)Aetios or Aetius was a Byzantine eunuch official, one of the most trusted advisers of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens . After Irene's rise to sole rule, Aetios developed an intense rivalry with her eunuch chief minister Staurakios. After Staurakios's death, Aetios became the leading man in the...
, Byzantine official and general - Aetius (spider), a spider genus (Corinnidae)