Roman Medicine

  • Galen Claudius

    ByОлена Коновалова

    Claudius Galen (131–201 AD). 70 years       Ancient Roman physician, philosopher, naturalist.     Born in Pergamum, the son of the architect Nikon. After thorough and comprehensive study of philosophy with representatives of the four main schools of that time: Stoic, Platonic, Peripatetic, and Epicurean, Galen began studying the art of medicine at the age of…

  • Pliny the Elder

    ByОлена Коновалова

    Pliny the Elder: “We are denied a long life; let us leave works that will prove that we lived!” Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder) (24-79 AD). 55 years       Roman writer, scientist, and statesman. Adoptive father of Pliny the Younger.       Born in the Roman town of Como. No information has survived about his…