Asarubas or Asdrubas (55 – 75 CE)
Wrote on electrum, relaying that the mud of lake Cephesis – known to the Mauri as
“Electrum” – produced electrum when dried by the sun (P 37.37, see also 1.ind.3).
Some scholars read Asdrubas, i.e., the Punic name Hasdrubal.
Fr. Buecheler, “Zwei Gewährsmänner des Plinius,” RhM 40 (1885) 304–307; RE 2.2 (1896) 1518, P. von
Rohden; RE S.1 (1903) 151, G. Knaack.
Eugenio Amato
Asinius Pollio of Tralleis (40 – 10 BCE)
Freedman of the historian Asinius Pollio, described by the Souda Pi-2165 as both a sophist
and a philosopher. Besides writing various historical works, he made an epitome of
D N’ Geo ̄rgika, reducing it from six books to two, and wrote ten books
“against A on animals.”
RE 2.2 (1896) 1589 (#23), E. Schwartz.
Philip Thibodeau
Asklatio ̄n (Astrol.) (50 – 535 CE)
Astrologer (I “L,” Ost. p. 6.24 Wa.). Dubiously identifiable with Domitian’s
astrologer Ascletario whom, upon predicting his own rending by dogs, the emperor executed
as an object-lesson in the mendacity of astrology. Dogs mangled the corpse (Suet. Dom. 15.3).
RE 2.2 (1896) 1622 (#2), E. Riess; Gundel and Gundel (1966) 158–159.
GLIM
Asklatio ̄n (Med.) (250 BCE – 65 CE)
Commentator on H, mentioned by E (A-103.9, p. 23.10 Nachm.),
probably distinct from the homonymous astrologer.
RE 2.2 (1896) 1662 (#1), M. Wellmann; Ihm (2002) #25.
Alain Touwaide
Askle ̄piade ̄s Pharmakio ̄n (ca 90 – 100 CE)
Greek pharmacologist, distinct from A B, wrote a pharmacological
work quoting A C (Y) and cited by A A-
; scholars view the citation at Pliny 14.183 as interpolated. Perhaps, like many con-
temporary pharmacologists, he lived in Rome. He studied medicine under L
T (as did K); he also cites M, and seems to have read S
L in a Greek edition. Askle ̄piade ̄s authored ten books of recipes, perhaps a single
compilation, more likely two works of five books each; he also composed works on theriac
and gynecology (whose precise nature is uncertain: G, CMGen 1.16–17, 13.441–442 K.).
His ten books treated medicines for external use (called, and possibly dedicated to a, Mar-
cella) and for internal use (called, and dedicated to a Mnaso ̄n), organized by place; he often
provides detailed preparations. Gale ̄n, highly praising Askle ̄piade ̄s for his careful cata-
loguing of recipes, quotes him firsthand in over 50 lengthy extracts (Fabricius), more than
from H, A, and K together.
ASKLE ̄PIADE ̄S PHARMAKIO ̄N