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Olympius

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The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author(s):
Lain WilsonLain Wilson

Olympius 

Exarch of Ravenna, sent to Italy by Constans II in 649 to secure approval of the Typos and to arrest Pope Martin I. Olympius instead made peace with Martin and declared himself emperor. His subsequent actions are uncertain, and he died in 652.

Lain Wilson

Bibliography

PmbZ #5650.

PBE, Olympios 1.