(Flavius), a Latin author, in the 4th century, was secretary to Constantine the Great, and afterwards bore arms under the emperor Julian, and followed that prince in his expedition against the... He wrote an Abridgment of the Roman History, from the foundation of Rome to the reign of Valens; the best edition of which is that of Mifs Le Fevre, afterwards Madam Dacier, published at Paris for the use of the Dauphin, in 4to, in the year 1683.

famous eunuch, who, in the reign of Arcadius, was raised to the most distinguished posts, and even to the consulship; but rendered himself odious by his crimes and debaucheries, and had even the insolence to threaten the empress Eudoxia with castrating her to be divorced: but Gainas having demanded his head, he took sanctuary in a church, which he had deprived of its immunities; when St Chrysostom saved him from the fury of the populace, and pronounced on that occasion a sermon, which is justly esteemed a masterpiece of eloquence. Eutropius was afterwards banished to the island of Cyprus, and was beheaded at Chalcedon in 399.