[Born at Apameia in Syria, about 135 years B.C. Died, probably at
Rome, about 51 B.C.]
A writer on History, Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmography, and Grammar, but
none of his works remain; a great scholar and traveller. A Stoic in
philosophy, yet desirous of bringing all systems of philosophy into
harmony. He suffered much from illness. Pompey visited him during a
sharp attack of gout, but during his agony he sustained an argument with
the orator Hermagoras to prove that pain is no evil. “Torment me if you
will, oh Pain!” he exclaimed, “I shall not admit pain to be an evil, a
bit the more for that.”
[For account of this statue, see Handbook to Roman Court and Nave, No.
307.]
ROMAN COURT.
ENTERING BY THE CENTRE ARCH FROM THE NAVE.
(_Numbers commencing on the right._)
ROMAN EMPERORS.