biography
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Aelian
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in full Claudius Aelianus
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pronunciation:
[eelian],
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.170–c.235)
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| biography:
| Greek rhetorician, born in Praeneste (modern Palestrina), near Rome, Italy. He taught rhetoric in Rome c.220, and wrote numerous works, including Varia historia (Historical Miscellanies) and De natura animalium (On the Characteristics of Animals). |
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