Antonius Musa (62 BCE–14 CE)

Born 62 BCE, died 14 CE.

Antonius Musa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντώνιος Μούσας, Antṓnios Moúsas) was a Greek botanist and personal physician of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Antonius was a freedman who received freeborn status along with other honours. In the year 23 BC, when Augustus was seriously ill, Musa cured the illness with cold compresses and became immediately famous.

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