About Alexander of Aegae
Alexander of Aegae was a Roman philosopher.
Alexander of Aegae (Greek: ) was a Peripatetic philosopher who flourished in Rome in the 1st century AD, and was a disciple of the celebrated mathematician Sosigenes of Alexandria.
He was tutor to the emperor Nero. He wrote commentaries on the Categories and the De Caelo of Aristotle. He had a son named Caelinus or Caecilius.
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Who was Alexander of Aegae?
ancient Greek philosopher
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Alexander of Aegae was born in Aigai.
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Alexander of Aegae was a philosopher.
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Alexander of Aegae was Roman.
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