👉 A porphyrianist is a person who has a personal or professional interest in a specific political, social, or cultural phenomenon. Porphyrians were a group of people who lived during the Roman Empire and later on in the Renaissance period. They believed that the Romans had been corrupted by the evil spirit of their own power and that they needed to be restored. This belief led many people to become involved with the idea of restoring Roman power, which is known as the "porphyrian" movement