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Julius Caesar Scaliger
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Italian scholar, physician and philosopher (1484-1558)

Also known as: Giulio Cesare Scaligero, Julius Cæsar Scaliger, Julius Scaliger, Жюль Сезар Скалигер, جوليوس سكاليجر, 줄리우스 카에사르 스칼리제르

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Known works

  • Poetices libri septem
  • Ivlii Caesaris Scaligeri Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV
  • Ivlii Caesaris Scaligeri viri clarissimi, Poemata libriseptem
  • Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV
  • Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV de subtilitate ad Hieronymum Cardanum