Aspasios of Ravenna
Aspasios (Greek Ασπασιος, Latinized Aspasius ) from Ravenna was the recipient of an open letter on the subject of epistolography from Philostratos of Lemnos (Flavius Philostratos, first half of the third century). Aspasios was the head of the Greek-speaking chancellery ( from epistulis Graecis ) under Emperor Caracalla .
literature
- Ewen Bowie : Aspasios 3rd In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 105.
- Wilhelm Schmid : Aspasios 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Sp. 1723.
- David Potter: Roman Empire at Bay . London u. a. 2004, p. 78.
- Krystyna Stebnicka: Aspasios of Ravenna. In: Paweł Janiszewski, Krystyna Stebnicka, Elżbieta Szabat: Prosopography of Greek Rhetors and Sophists of the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-871340-1 , pp. 61 f.
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| SURNAME | Aspasios of Ravenna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aspasius of Ravenna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek philosopher (sophist) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |