Lausus (eunuch)

Lausus (eunuch)

Lausus or Lausos (c. 400 A.D. - c. 450 A.D.) was a eunuch of the court of Theodosius II, famous for acquiring a palace and a large collection of art and sculptures.Grout, James. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/lausus.html Encyclopaedia Romana] . 1997, University of Chicago. Retrieved 27 March 2008.] He also served as imperial chamberlain ("praepositus sacri cubiculi") between 420 and 422 AD.

The Palace of Lausus, destroyed in a fire in 475, was supplied by the now-preserved Binbirdirek Cistern in Istanbul.

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