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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Fausto Montana and first published on 10/10/2003.

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The terminus ante quem for the life of Symmachus is furnished by Herodianus¹ (2^nd c. CE), who cites him in his Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως² (2, p. 945 Lentz). This date is consistent with the fact that Symmachus rejected the account of the death of the Athenia…