Caius Calpurnius Asclepiades of Prusa

Not to be confused with Asclepiades of Prusa, 2nd century BCE.

Caius Calpurnius Asclepiades of Prusa (aka "Phylophysicus", one of several men referred to as Asclepiades of Prusa) was a physician who flourished in the second century during the reign of Hadrian. Born in Prusia, Bithynia in 88 CE, he wrote several books on the composition 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 Antonio Cocchi noted that there were over forty men of history with the name Asclepiades[9] and wrote that this Asclepiades of Prusa was a fellow countryman of, and perhaps a lineal descendant of the Asclepiades who died in 40 BCE.[10]

He was married to Veronia Chelidonia for 51 years and died aged 70.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Platts, John, A Universal Biography. London: Sherwood Jones and Co., Vol. II, 114
  2. ^ Thomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p.199
  3. ^ Mattern, Susan (1999). "Physicians and the Roman Imperial Aristocracy: The Patronage of Therapeutics". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 73 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1353/bhm.1999.0038. JSTOR 44445192. PMID 10189725. S2CID 37325119. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Natalem auspicatissimum regis augustissimi ac potentissimi Friderici Guielmi III, Universität Bonn, p. 25
  5. ^ Galen, Comp. Med. (Sec.) Loc. vii. 5., viii. 5., 102, 179.
  6. ^ Thomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p. 199
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Wear, Andrew (27 February 1992). Medicine in Society: Historical Essays. Andrew Wear (Ed), p. 47. ISBN 9780521336390.
  9. ^ Cocchi, Antonio (1762). "Cocchi, Antonio, The Life of Asclepiades, 2".
  10. ^ Cocchi, Antonio (1762). "Cocchi, Antonio, The Life of Asclepiades, 19".
  11. ^ 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.