Anatolius of Laodicea, also known as Anatolius of Alexandria, was a Syro-Egyptian mathematician and Bishop of Laodicea on the Mediterranean coast of Roman Syria in AD 268. He was not only one of the foremost scholars of his day in the physical sciences, as well as in Aristotelian and Platonic philosophies, but also a renowned computist and teacher of the Neoplatonic philosopher Iamblichus.
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On July 3, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Anatolius of Laodicea. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of July 3, one of 372 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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