Philostratus

170–245

3rd century Greco-Roman sophist

writer · sophist · orator

Born in Lemnos

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Philostratus:

• Galen (129–)
• Nagarjuna (150–250)
• Plotinus (205–270)
• Tertullian (160–240)
• Septimius Severus (146–211)
• Caracalla (188–217)
• Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
• Lucian of Samosata (120–180)

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