Epaphroditos or Epaphroditus (died c. 95) was a freedman and secretary of the Roman Emperor Nero. Windows 95 is listed under numbers -->Year 95 was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called He was later executed by Domitian for helping Nero commit suicide. Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 &ndash 18 September 96 commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death

Name

His name originates from the Greek language and means "lovely, charming" combined with the name Aphrodite. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly ^[1] The Romans often gave slaves of Greek origins illustrious names from Greek mythology and culture, for example Claudius's freedman Narcissus, Nero's freedman Polyclitus and Antonia Minor's freedwoman Caenis. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to Tiberius Claudius Narcissus ( fl 1st century was one of the freedmen who formed the core of the imperial court under the Roman emperor Claudius Polyclitus was an influential Freedman in the court of the Roman emperor Nero. Antonia Minor ( PIR2 A 885 also known as Antonia the Younger or simply Antonia ( 31 January 36 BC-September/October 37 was a Caenis, a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius) was the mistress of the Roman emperor Vespasian.

Life

Epaphroditus was an Imperial freedman and secretary (Latin: a libellis) of Emperor Nero. A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called During the conspiracy which put an end to Nero's rule, Epaphroditus accompanied his master in his flight, and when Nero attempted to kill himself, Epaphroditus assisted him (June 9, 68 AD). Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 68 was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. For this service, however, he had afterwards to pay with his own life, for Domitian first banished and afterwards ordered him to be put to death (c. Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 &ndash 18 September 96 commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death 95 AD), because he had not exerted himself to save the life of Nero. Windows 95 is listed under numbers -->Year 95 was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar ^[2][3][4]

Epaphroditus was the owner of Epictetus of Hierapolis, a Stoic philosopher taught by Musonius Rufus. Epictetus ( Greek:; ca 55&ndashca 135 was a Greek Stoic philosopher. Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic philosophy, was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC Gaius Musonius Rufus, was a Roman Stoic Philosopher of the 1st century AD ^[5][6]

He is probably not the Epaphroditus to whom Josephus dedicated his Antiquities of the Jews, who may have been a freedman of Emperor Trajan; nor is he likely to be the Epaphroditus mentioned by St. Paul in the Epistle to the Philippians in the New Testament. Josephus (AD 37 – c 100 also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu (Joseph son of Matthias and after he became a Roman citizen, as Titus Flavius Josephus Antiquities of the Jews ( Antiquitates Judaicae in Latin) was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan ( September 18 53 &ndash August 9 117) was a Roman Emperor who Epaphroditus is a Saint of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, first Bishop of Philippi, and of Andriacia in Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and The Epistle to the Philippians (or simply Philippians) is a Book included in the New Testament of the Bible. ^[7]

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External links

• Livius.org: Tiberius Claudius Epaphroditus

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents