[1][2] He lived during the reign of emperors Maximinus (235–238) and Gordian III (238–244)[3] He was born in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.
[1] Gaianus has been described as a student of the sophist Apsines, a native of Gadara.
[4] He worked as a grammarian and rhetorician in Berytus (modern day Beirut).
[1] Most of Gaianus' works were in the Greek language; he wrote On Construction in five books, Art of Rhetoric and Declamations.
[4] This ancient Roman biographical article is a stub.