Damocrates
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Servilius Damocrates was a Greek physician at Rome
in the middle to late 1st century CE. He may have received the praenomen
"Servillius" from his having become a client of the Servilia gens
. Galen
calls him άριστός ἰατρός, and Pliny
says he was "e primis medentium," and relates his cure of Considia, the daughter of Marcus Servilius. He wrote several pharmaceutical works in Greek iambic
verse, of which there only remain the titles and some extracts preserved by Galen
.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in the middle to late 1st century CE. He may have received the praenomen
Praenomen
The praenomen was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus , the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy...
"Servillius" from his having become a client of the Servilia gens
Servilia (gens)
The gens Servilia was a patrician family at Rome. The gens was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic, and the names of few gentes appear more frequently at this period in the consular Fasti. It continued to produce men of influence in the state down to the latest times of the Republic,...
. Galen
Galen
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamon , was a prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher...
calls him άριστός ἰατρός, and Pliny
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
says he was "e primis medentium," and relates his cure of Considia, the daughter of Marcus Servilius. He wrote several pharmaceutical works in Greek iambic
Iambus (genre)
Iambus was a genre of ancient Greek poetry that included but was not restricted to the iambic meter and whose origins modern scholars have traced to the cults of Demeter and Dionysus. The genre featured insulting and obscene language...
verse, of which there only remain the titles and some extracts preserved by Galen
Galen
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamon , was a prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher...
.