Eutropius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Eutrŏpĭus, ii, m., Flavius,

a Roman historian in the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era , contemporary with the Emperor Julian , and author of a Breviarium Historiae Romanae, Amm. 29, 1, 36; Greg. Naz. Ep. 137 sq.; Symm. Ep. 3, 46 sqq.; cf. Teuffel, Roem. Liter. 936.