Claudius Ptolemy (pronounced /?t?l?mi/; Greek: ???????? ??????????, Klaudios Ptolemaios; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 90 ? c. AD 168), was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek.[1] He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet (of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology).[2][3] He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the Thebaid. He died in Alexandria around AD 168.[4]
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (pronounced /?t?l?mi/; Greek: ???????? ??????????, Klaudios Ptolemaios; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. AD 90 ? c. AD 168), was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek.[1] He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet (of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology).[2][3] He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the Thebaid. He died in Alexandria around AD 168.[4]
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