Numerius Flavius (341 AD-408 AD) was the Governor of Caesarea under the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Young Numerius
Numerius Flavius was the third son of Gnaeus Flavius and grandson of Emperor Valens Flavius, and the husband of Arria. He was the governor of Caesarea, and a Christian. Numerius was a skilled bureaucrat, but he hated easterners and encouraged people to hear the word of Jesus. In 364 AD, he led an army to Smyrna to crush the revolt of the self-proclaimed Augustus Constans Pupienus, killing him and taking control of the city. Numerius also defeated Captain Taxmaspada's army of Sassanids when they attacked Caesarea in winter of 366 AD, and routed Arsaces' Persian army in 372.
Numerius Flavius died in Caesarea in the summer of 408 AD, dying of natural causes at the age of 67.