Rhodo was a Christian writer who flourished in the time of the Roman emperor
Commodus (180-92); he was a native of the province of
Asia Minor
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who came to
Rome
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, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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where he was a pupil of
Tatian
Tatian of Adiabene, or Tatian the Syrian or Tatian the Assyrian, (; la, Tatianus; grc, Τατιανός; syc, ܛܛܝܢܘܣ; c. 120 – c. 180 AD) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.
Tatian's most influential w ...
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He wrote several books, two of which are mentioned by
Eusebius of Caesarea: a treatise on "The Six Days of Creation", and a work against the
Marcionites
Marcionism was an early Christian dualistic belief system that originated with the teachings of Marcion of Sinope in Rome around the year 144. Marcion was an early Christian theologian, evangelist, and an important figure in early Christianity. ...
, in which he focussed upon the various opinions which divided them. Eusebius, upon whom modern historians depend exclusively for our knowledge of Rhodo, quotes some passages from the latter work, in one of which an account is given of the Marcionite
Apelles.
Jerome's ''De Viris Illustribus'' amplifies Eusebius's account somewhat by making Rhodo the author of a work against the
Cataphrygians: probably he had in mind an anonymous work quoted by Eusebius a little later.
[Eusebius, '']Ecclesiastical History
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2nd-century births
Year of death unknown
2nd-century writers
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