Lausus (eunuch)

Lausus or Lausos (c. 400 AD. – c. 450 AD) was a eunuch of the court of Theodosius II, famous for acquiring a palace and a large collection of art and sculptures.^[1] He also served as imperial chamberlain (praepositus sacri cubiculi) between 420 and 422 AD. The Historia Lausiaca, an account of the lives and feats of the most pre-eminent ascetics in Egypt, the desert fathers, was dedicated to him.

The Palace of Lausus, destroyed in a fire in 475, was supplied by the now-preserved Binbirdirek Cistern in Istanbul.