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Apsines
Greek rhetorician · Politicians · Lived 190 to 250 · aged 60
Apsines of Gadara was a Greek rhetorician. He was a native of the Hellenised city of Gadara, whose ruins stand today at the border of Jordan with Syria and Israel. Apsines went on to study at Smyrna and taught at Athens, gaining such a reputation that he was raised to the consulship by the emperor Maximinus.
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He was a rival of Fronto of Emesa, and a friend of Philostratus, the author of the Lives of the Sophists, who praises his wonderful memory and accuracy.
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 190 to 250 · aged 60