:''This article is about the geographer. For the music writer of Alexandria, see [[Alypius (music writer)]]. [[Alypius of Thagaste]] was an early Christian Saint.''
'''Alypius of Antioch''' was a [[geographer]] of the mid [[4th century]] who
was sent by the emperor [[Julian the Apostate|Julian]] into [[Roman Britain|Britain]] as [[vicarius]]. He ruled during a difficult period and he was probably considered suitable for the post because he came from the far east of the empire and had no associations with the west. He may have had to deal with the insurrection of the usurper named [[Carausius II]].

Alypius was afterwards commissioned to rebuild the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] as part of Julian's systematic attempt to reverse the [[Christianization]] of the [[Roman Empire]] by restoring [[Paganism|pagan]] and, in this case, [[Judaism|Jewish]] practices. Among the letters of Julian are two (29 and 30) addressed to Alypius; one inviting him to [[Rome]], the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.

==References==
*{{1911}}
[[Category:Roman era geographers]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Britain]]
[[Category:Ancient Romans in Britain]]
[[Category:Ancient Jewish Roman history]]

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