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Aelius Herodianus (Greek: Αἴλιος Ἡρωδιανός) or Herodian (fl. 2nd century CE) was a Greek historian[1] and one of the most celebrated grammarians of Greco-Roman antiquity. He is usually known as Herodian except when there is a danger of confusion with the historian also named Herodian.
Herodian was the son of Apollonius Dyscolus and was born in Alexandria.[1] From there he seems to have moved to Rome, where he gained the favour of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, to whom he dedicated a work on prosody.
- ^ a b McCann, Anna Marguerite (1968). The Portraits of Septimius Severus, A.D. 193-211. American Academy in Rome. p. 48.
The second source for the life of Severus is Herodian's history, which is also a contemporary one. A Greek from Alexandria who likewise enjoyed public office, Herodian is more rhetorical...