Gem cutter (1st cent. BC), signed the famous ‘Agathangelus cameo’ with the portrait of a man (carnelian, Berlin, SM) -- it has been debated since the 18th cent. as to whether this is Sextus Pompeius.
[2] Secretary to the king of the Arsacides, Tiridates IV
Secretary to the king of the Arsacides, Tiridates IV (AD 239-281). In the ‘History’ a…
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Michel, Simone (Hamburg) and
Savvidis, Kyriakos (Bochum),
“Agathangelus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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