Paulinus; then Themistius

This record conflates two distinct correspondents of the rhetor Libanius of Antioch (c. 314-393 AD) and should be treated with caution. The more substantial figure is Themistius (c. 317-388 AD), the celebrated philosopher, senator, and panegyrist of Constantinople, who served successive emperors from Constantius II to Theodosius I, delivered influential political orations, and championed classical paideia and religious moderation in the increasingly Christian capital; he and Libanius exchanged letters as leading lights of the 4th-century Greek rhetorical world. "Paulinus" is a far more obscure name appearing among Libanius's addressees and is otherwise little attested independently. Because this entry merges two people, the well-attested portion belongs to Themistius; the Paulinus element cannot be securely identified beyond his appearance as a Libanian correspondent.