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Asclepiades of Bithynia, the Greek physician who was the first to believe in the existence of “microbes”
Cito tuto jucunde, a phrase that can be translated as “Quickly, safely, and pleasantly,” was the motto of one of the fathers ...
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The 10 Most Fearful Pirates of Ancient Greece
Credit: Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Marcus Antonius Creticus: The Roman who failed to tame Crete In the 1st century BC, the island of Crete initially supported Mithridates VI, the ...
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Asclepiades of Bithynia: A Forerunner to Germ Theory
He also studied philosophy at the Epicurean School of the Garden of Athens. He refused an attractive offer from King Mithridates Eupator of Pontus to become his official physician. At around the age ...