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Tatian’s fall was caused by his conflict with the powerful general and politician [[Rufinus (consul)|Rufinus]]. Rufinus, consul in 392, feared the power of Tatianus and his son [[Proculus (prefect of Constantinople)|Proculus]], as the two of them held both the Praetorian prefecture of the East and the urban prefecture: such concentration of power in the hands of father and son caused the envy of powerful men. Rufinus took advantage of some mistakes of Tatianus in the administration of finances, to depose and arrest him and to succeed him as prefect (September 392). Tatianus was later sent into exile, probably in Lycia,<ref>Rufinus issued some laws that barred the Lycians form public offices; these laws were repelled only after his death in 395.</ref> and he was hit by ”[[damnatio memoriae]]”
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Tatian’s fall was caused by his conflict with the powerful general and politician [[Rufinus (consul)|Rufinus]]. Rufinus, consul in 392, feared the power of Tatianus and his son [[Proculus (prefect of Constantinople)|Proculus]], as the two of them held both the Praetorian prefecture of the East and the urban prefecture: such concentration of power in the hands of father and son caused the envy of powerful men. Rufinus took advantage of some mistakes of Tatianus in the administration of finances, to depose and arrest him and to succeed him as prefect (September 392). Tatianus was later sent into exile, probably in Lycia,<ref>Rufinus issued some laws that barred the Lycians form public offices; these laws were repelled only after his death in 395.</ref> and he was hit by ”[[damnatio memoriae]]”. <ref>For an example of ”damnatio memoriae” in action, see the inscription put on the basis of a statue, erected by Tatianus in honour of [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] at [[Aphrodisias]] [http://insaph.kcl.ac.uk/ala2004/inscription/eAla025.html]; later, however, in some inscriptions the name of Tatianus was re-carved, and his homonymous nephew, Governor of Caria, erected a statue in his honour in Aphrodisias [http://insaph.kcl.ac.uk/ala2004/inscription/eAla037.html].</ref> The fall of Tatian also involved his son Proculus, who was sent to death.
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The last years of the reign of Theodosius were characterized by a growing intolerance against Paganism; perhaps the fall of Tatian is to be interpreted in this context.
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The last years of the reign of Theodosius were characterized by a growing intolerance against Paganism; perhaps the fall of Tatian is to be interpreted in this context.
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