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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Dioscorides, Pedanius (Dr)
Physician, pharmacologist, botanist
(c40 - c90)
Dioscorides likely studied medicine at the school in Tarsus, which was near his home city Anazarbus in Cilicia. The school had a pharmacological emphasis, with Dioscordies dedicating his medical books to Laecanius Arius, a medical practitioner there. Whilst he is said to have served in the Roman army as a physician, his pharmacopoeia refers almost solely to plants found in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean. This indicates that it is unlikely that he served in campaigns or travelled outside of that region. As Padanius is a Roman name, this also indicates that he was sponsored by an aristocrat of this name to become a Roman citizen.
Referred to as: DioscoridesDEP/DUA/1/20/01 DEP/DUA/1/22/03 DEP/DUA/1/25/18 DEP/DUA/1/35/02 DEP/DUA/1/38/65 DEP/DUA/1/42/49 DEP/DUA/1/44/31 DEP/DUA/1/47/23 DEP/DUA/1/47/25
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Dioscorides, Pedanius (Dr)
Physician, pharmacologist, botanist
(c40 - c90)
Dioscorides likely studied medicine at the school in Tarsus, which was near his home city Anazarbus in Cilicia. The school had a pharmacological emphasis, with Dioscordies dedicating his medical books to Laecanius Arius, a medical practitioner there. Whilst he is said to have served in the Roman army as a physician, his pharmacopoeia refers almost solely to plants found in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean. This indicates that it is unlikely that he served in campaigns or travelled outside of that region. As Padanius is a Roman name, this also indicates that he was sponsored by an aristocrat of this name to become a Roman citizen.
Referred to as: Dioscorides
DEP/DUA/1/20/01 DEP/DUA/1/22/03 DEP/DUA/1/25/18 DEP/DUA/1/35/02 DEP/DUA/1/38/65 DEP/DUA/1/42/49 DEP/DUA/1/44/31 DEP/DUA/1/47/23 DEP/DUA/1/47/25
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Dioscorides, Pedanius (Dr)
