Apaturius ( grc, Ἀπατούριος) of

Alabanda Alabanda ( grc, Ἀλάβανδα) or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians was a city of ancient Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is near Doğanyurt, Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. The city is located in the saddle between two heights. The area is ...

was a scene-painter of

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, whose mode of painting the scene of the little theatre at Tralles is described by

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, with the criticism made upon it by

Licinius Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c. 265 – 325) was Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I, with whom he co-authored the Edict of Milan, AD 313, that granted official toleration to C ...

, ''

De architectura (''On architecture'', published as ''Ten Books on Architecture'') is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide f ...

'' 7.5. §§ 5, 6 A different, unrelated Apaturius was a Gaul who, with

Nicanor of Syria Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ ''Nīkā́nōr'') was a Syrian Greek who lived in the 3rd century BC under Seleucid Empire. Together with a Gaul named Apaturius, he assassinated Seleucus III Ceraunus during his expedition into Asia against Attalus I ...

, assassinated

Seleucus III Ceraunus Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (Greek: ; c. 243 BC – April/June 223 BC, ruled December 225 – April/June 223 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II. Biograph ...

in the 3rd century BCE.

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