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Polieno
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Also known as Polyænus

retore antico macedone

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Polyaenus was a male human writer, historian, poet, and lawyer who lived during the Roman Empire. He was born in Macedonia in 101 and died in 200. He held citizenship in Ancient Rome and wrote in Ancient Greek. His period of activity is recorded as 200.

He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Open Library lists 32 works by him. Notable titles include *Strategematum libri octo*, *Stratagemi dell'arte della gverra*, and *Strategicon, libri octo*. Other works attributed to him are *Gemisti Plethonis De gestis Graecorvm post pugnam ad Mantineam per capita tractatio* and *Polyen et Frontin*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
32

Top works

  • Gemisti Plethonis De gestis Graecorvm post pugnam ad Mantineam per capita tractatio
  • Polyen et Frontin
  • Polyaeni Strategematum libri octo
  • Stratagemi dell'arte della gverra
  • Strategicon, libri octo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Rome
Place of birth
Macedonia
Occupation
lawyer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
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Article · Italiano

Polieno (in latino: Polyaenus Macedo, in greco antico: Πολύαινος, Polýainos; Macedonia, II secolo d.C. – ...) è stato un teorico militare e retore macedone antico, vissuto al tempo degli Antonini.

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