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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Serena Buzzi and published on 04/04/2019.

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Biography:

Oribasius (Ὀρειβάσιος/Ὀριβάσιος), a famous doctor¹ and scholar who lived ca. 320-390 CE, has come to be considered the founder of Byzantine encyclopedism in the area of practical literature (Gebrauchsliteratur: cf. Garzya 1981; Ieraci Bio 1982…