PHILOSTRATUS

Athens, 170 B.C. - 244-249 A.D.
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Son of Uiros, he was born around 170 AD. and died during the reign of the Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244 - 249). He studied in Athens, lived near the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, in Rome, and later returned to Athens, where he died.

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