226? Oenomaus of Gadara
(same)
227? Perigrinus Proteus (same,
ex-Christian)
228? pseudo-Pythagorean texts
1–200 c.e.
229? Corpus Hermeticum (anon.
text)
230? Cronius (neo-Pythagorean)
231 Nicomachus of Gerasa (math,
neo-Pythagorean)
232 Theon of Smyrna (math,
Platonist)
233 Aulus Gellius (Platonist,
Athens)
234 Celsus (Platonist,
anti-Christian)
236 Tatian (Christian)
237? Aristides (Christian
apologist)
238 Melitto of Sardis (same)
239? Apollinaris of Hieropolis
(same)
240 Marcion (Christian/Gnostic,
Rome)
i 242 Panaenus (ex-Stoic, Christian)
243 Theophilus (Christian)
244 Iranaeus (Christian,
anti-Gnostic)
245 Hippolytus (same, Rome)
246 Julianus (Gnostic, occultist,
forged Chaldean Oracles)
247 Bardesanes of Mesopotamia
(Gnostic)
248 Marcus (Gnostic, occultist,
disciple of Valentinus)
249 Theodotus (Gnostic, disciple
of Valentinus)
250 Ptolemaeus (same)
(251) Aelius Aristides (rhetor)
252 Harpocration of Argos
(neo-Pythagorean/eclectic)
253 Maximus of Tyre
(rhetor/Platonist/Aristotelean/
eclectic)
254 Severus (Platonist/Stoic
anti-Aristotelean) Figure 3.7. Showdown of
Neoplatonists and Christians,
200–400 c.e.
200 c.e.
i 255 Saturninus (Skeptic, medicine)
256 Tertullian (Christian,
anti-phil, anti-Gnostic)
257 Minucius Felix (Christian)
258 Diogenes of Oenoanda
(Epicurean)
(259) Diogenes Laertius
(doxographer)
260 On the World anon. text
(Stoic/Aristotelean
syncretism)
261 Ammonius Saccas
(neo-Pythagorean? Platonist?
eclectic, Alexandria)
i 262 Herennius
263 Cassius Longinus (rhetor,
Platonist, Athens)
264 Origen the Pagan (Platonist)
i 265 Olympus of Alexandria (star
magic)
266 Amelius Gentilianus
(expositor of Plotinus)
i 267 Typho (Stoic, Platonist)
268 Anatolius of Alexandria
(Christian/Aristotelean/math)
i 269 Lucian (Christian, Antioch)
300 c.e.
270 Arnobius (Christian)
271 Lactantius (Christian)
272 Eusebius (Christian,
anti-Porphyry)
273 Gedalius (Neoplatonist)
274 Chrysaorinus (Neoplatonist)Keys to Figures • 899