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Heliodorus Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are: *Heliodorus (minister) a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator c. 175 BC * Heliodorus of Athen ...

'' Heliodorus, ( Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος) sometimes known as ''Heliodorus the Arab'' was an ancient sophist of Arab origin.{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4NBigJ3NF4C&q=Heliodorus&pg=PA12, title=Roman Arabia, last=Bowersock, first=Glen Warren, date=1994, publisher=Harvard University Press, isbn=9780674777569, language=en He became prominent in the 3rd century CE. Heliodorus is known to be from the Roman province of

Arabia Petraea Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province ( la, Provincia Arabia; ar, العربية البترائية; grc, Ἐπαρχία Πετραίας Ἀραβίας) or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empi ...

. Although little is known about him, Greek sophist Philostratus in his work ''Lives of the Sophists'' (Βίοι Σοφιστῶν) mentioned that sophist Heliodorus made a strong impression on the Roman Emperor

Caracalla Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname "Caracalla" () was Roman emperor from 198 to 217. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor S ...

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