Died Late second century AD
unknown Occupation Chronicler and historian Notable works Olympiads,
On Marvels,
On Long-Lived Persons, Books Phlegon of Tralles' Book of Marvels | ||
Phlegon of Tralles (Ancient Greek: Φλέγων ὁ Τραλλιανός) was a Greek writer and freedman of the emperor Hadrian, who lived in the 2nd century AD.
Works
His chief work was the Olympiads, an historical compendium in sixteen books, from the 1st down to the 229th Olympiad (776 BC to AD 137), of which several chapters are preserved in Eusebius' Chronicle, Photius and George Syncellus.
Two short works by him are extant:
Other works ascribed to Phlegon in the Suda are a description of Sicily, a work on the Roman festivals in three books, and a topography of Rome:
References
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