Polyaenus
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thumb|Polyaenus, Stratagems in War, 1821 Polyaenus or Polyenus ( ; see ae (æ) vs. e; , "much-praised") was a 2nd-century Roman Macedonian author and rhetorician, known best for his Stratagems in War (), which has been preserved. He was born in Bithynia, Asia Minor. The Suda calls him a rhetorician, and Polyaenus himself writes that he was accustomed to plead causes before the Roman emperor. Polyaenus dedicated Stratagems in War to the two emperors Marcus Aurelius () and Lucius Verus (), while they were engaged in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, about 163, at which time he was too old to acc
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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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- 0200-00-00
- date of birth
- 0101-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- date of death
- 0200-00-00
- different from
- Polyaenus of Lampsacus
- P11493
- Jean E. Sammet
- P13311
- Bahman
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