Caius Calpurnius Asclepiades of Prusa
Caius Calpurnius Asclepiades of Prusa (aka "Phylophysicus", one of several men referred to as Asclepiades of Prusa) was an eminent physician who flourished in the second century during the reign of
medicines, both internal and external.[1][2][3][4] The Greek physician Galen recorded some of Asclepiades' medical formulas in his works.[5] He was presented by emperor Trajan with the revenues of seven cities for himself and his family[6][7] and served as one of the assessors of Roman magistrates in charge of voting tablets.[8]
The biographer Asclepiades who died in 40 BCE.[10]
He was married to Veronia Chelidonia for 51 years and died aged 70.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Platts, John, A Universal Biography. London: Sherwood Jones and Co., Vol. II, 114
- ^ Thomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p.199
- S2CID 37325119. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ Natalem auspicatissimum regis augustissimi ac potentissimi Friderici Guielmi III, Universität Bonn, p. 25
- ^ Galen, Comp. Med. (Sec.) Loc. vii. 5., viii. 5., 102, 179.
- ^ Thomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p. 199
- ^ "Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious in many Considerable Parts of the World (Oxford), Volume 13, p. 397". 1683.
- ISBN 9780521336390.
- ^ Cocchi, Antonio (1762). "Cocchi, Antonio, The Life of Asclepiades, 2".
- ^ Cocchi, Antonio (1762). "Cocchi, Antonio, The Life of Asclepiades, 19".
- ^ Strauss, Paul, La Revue Philanthropique (Paris, Masson et Cie, 1897), p. 846-7
Further reading
- Cocchi, Antonio (1762). The Life of Asclepiades. London: T. Davies.
- Thomas, Joseph (1915). Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
- Platts, John (1825). A Universal Biography. London: Sherwood Jones and Co.