Pelagonius

Ancient Roman writer
The basics

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IntroAncient Roman writer
PlacesItaly
isPhysician
Work fieldHealthcare
Gender
Male
The details

Biography

Pelagonius (4th century) was an influential Latin writer on veterinary medicine, especially on horses. He is one of the authors of the Hippiatrica. Remains of his texts still exist in Latin and Greek. One of his sources was Columella. He was used by Vegetius.
There is an edition of his texts in Teubner (1980), De veterinaria medicina, by K.D. Fischer.
Pelagonius studies and digitized texts by the BIUM (Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine et d'odontologie, Paris) see its digital library Medic@.

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