About Arria
Born 200. Arria was a Roman philosopher.
Arria was a philosopher and Platonist of the 2nd century CE. We know that she was a friend of the medical annalist Galen, and was admired by Roman emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
Scholar Gilles Ménage, in his Historia Mulierum Philosopharum, proposed that it was to this Arria that Diogenes Laërtius dedicated his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers.
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Who was Arria?
2nd century Roman philosopher
When was Arria born?
Arria was born in 200.
What was Arria's occupation?
Arria was a philosopher.
What nationality was Arria?
Arria was Roman.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Arria (philosopher)
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