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Introduction: Strabo

Megasthenes-About в.c. 300. In time of Seleucus Nicator. His work entitled Indica is only known by extracts in those of Strabo, Arrian, and Ælian.

Eratosthenes-Born в.c. 276. Mathematician, Astronomer, and Geographer.

Posidonius-Born about B.c. 140. Besides philosophical treatises, wrote works on geography, history, and astronomy, fragments of which are preserved in the works of Cicero, Strabo, and others.

Nicander-About в.c. 135. Wrote the Theriaca, a poem of 1,000 lines, in hexameter, on the wounds caused by venomous animals, and the treatment. Is followed in many of his errors by Pliny. Plutarch says the Theriaca cannot be called a poem, because there is in it nothing of fable or falsehood.

Strabo Just before the Christian era. Geographer.

Cicero-Born в.c. 106.

Propertius (Sextus Aurelius)-Born probably about в.c. 56. Diodorus Siculus-Wrote the Bibliotheca Historica (in Greek), after the death of Julius Cæsar (B.c. 44). Of the 40 books composing it only 15 remain, viz. Books 1 to 5 and 11 to 20.

Juba-Died A.D. 17. Son of Juba I., King of Numidia.

Wrote on Natural History.

Pliny-Born A.D. 23.

Lucan-A.D. 38. The only work of his extant is the Pharsalia, a poem on the civil war between Cæsar and Pompey.