Posidonius

Posidonius, a Stoic philosopher, born at Apamea, in Syria, about 135 B.C., who studied at Athens, and settled at Rhodes, whence in 86 he was sent as envoy to Rome. Here he became intimate with Cicero, Pompey, and other conspicuous Romans. He died at the age of eighty-four, leaving works on philosophy, astronomy, and history, of which only fragments have been preserved.