born 0441; 64 BC, Amaseia, Pontus, Asia Minor
died after AD 21
Greek geographer and historian.
Born to a well-connected family, he studied under Aristodemus before moving to Rome (44 BC) to study with the Aristotelian school, then became a Stoic. Of his 47-volume Historical Sketches , covering the years 14531 BC (published 0441; 20 BC), only a few quotations remain. His Geographical Sketches (after 0441; AD 14) is the only extant work on the range of peoples and countries known to Greeks and Romans during the reign of Caesar Augustus .