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-63–4 · 1st-century BC historian and philosopher

Also known as: Nikolaos von Damaskus, Nicolas the Peripatetic, Nicolaus Damascenus, Nikolaos von Damaskos, Nikolaus Damascenus, Nikolaus von Damaskus

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Known works

  • Nicolaus Damascenus de plantis
  • Fragmente der Historiker
  • Meteorolo. Tomus sextus operum Aristotelis Stagiritae, peripateticorum principis, Naturalis eam Phylosophiae adferens sectionem
  • Vita di Augusto
  • Bios Kaisaros