Eutropius

, a Latin historian in the age of Julian, under whom he carried arms in the fatal expedition against the Persians. His origin as well as his dignity are unknown; yet some suppose, from the epithet of Clari imus prefixed to his history, that he was a Roman senator. He wrote an epitome of the history of Rome, from the age of Romulus to the reign of the emperor Valens, to whom the work was dedicated. He wrote a treatise on medicine without being acquainted with the art. Of all his works the Roman history alone is extant. It is composed with concisene and precision, but without elegance. The best edition of Eutropius is that of Haverkamp, Cum not is variorum , 8vo, Leiden , 1729 & 1762.――A famous eunuch at the court of Arcadius, the son of Theodosius the Great, .