Nicolaus of Damascus
Also known as Nicolaus Damascenus, Nicolas the Peripatetic
1st-century BC historian and philosopher
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- Ex Nicolai Damasceni universali historia, seu
- Meteorolo. Tomus sextus operum Aristotelis Stagiritae, peripateticorum principis, Naturalis eam Phylosophiae adferens sectionem
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Nicolaus of Damascus (Greek: Νικόλαος Δαμασκηνός, Nikolāos Damaskēnos; Latin: Nicolaus Damascenus; c. 64 BC – after 4 AD) was a Greek historian, diplomat and philosopher who lived during the Augustan age of the Roman Empire. His name is derived from that of his birthplace, Damascus. His output was vast, but it is nearly all lost. His chief work was a universal history in 144 books. Considerable remains of two works written late in his life exist: a life of Augustus and an autobiography. He also wrote a life of Herod, philosophical works, and tragedies and comedies.
There is an article on him in the Suda.