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Herodes Atticus

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Also known as Lucius Vibullius Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes

Greek sophist and Roman senator (101–177)

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  • Oratorum graecorum
  • Peri politeias
  • Herodis Attici Quae Supersunt
  • (Herodou) Peri politeias
  • <Hērōdou> Peri politeias

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Gender
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Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1968-01-16
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Born
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes , 101 , Marathon, Greece
Died
177 (aged 75 – 76) , Marathon, Greece
Occupations
Imperial magistrate, engineering and architectural consultant
Employer s
Senate and people of Rome
Organization
Imperial administration
Criminal charges
First-degree murder of his wife
Criminal status
Exonerated by emperor Marcus Aurelius

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Herodes Atticus
date of birth
0102-00-00
date of death
0177-00-00
name in native language
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
significant place
Classical Athens
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Herodes Atticus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώδης; AD 101–177) was an Athenian rhetorician, as well as a Roman senator. A great philanthropic magnate, he and his wife Appia Annia Regilla, for whose murder he was potentially responsible, commissioned many Athenian public works, several of which stand to the present day. He was one of the best-known figures of the Antonine Period, and taught rhetoric to the Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, and was advanced to the consulship in 143. His full name as a Roman citizen was Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes.

According to Philostratus, Herodes Atticus, in possession of the best education that money could buy, was a notable proponent of the Second Sophistic. Having gone through the cursus honorum of civil posts, he demonstrated a talent for civil engineering, especially the design and construction of water-supply systems; the Nymphaeum at Olympia was therefore one of his dearest projects. His villa (or palace) in the Pelopponese also involved a major aqueduct.

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