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PHLEGON
, of See also:Tralles in See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:Greek writer and freed-See also:man of the See also:emperor See also:Hadrian, flourished in the and See also:century A.D
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His See also:chief See also:work was the Olympiads, an See also:historical compendium in sixteen books, from the 1st down to the 229th See also:Olympiad (776 B.C. to A.D
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137), of which several chapters are preserved in See also:Photius and See also:Syncellus
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Two small See also:works by him are extant: On Marvels, containing some ridiculous stories about ghosts, prophecies and monstrous births, but instructive as regards See also:ancient superstitions ;-On See also:Long-lived Persons, a See also:list of Italians who had passed the See also:age of See also:ioo, taken from the See also:Roman censuses
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Other works ascribed to Phlegon by Suidas are a description of See also:Sicily, a work on the Roman festivals in three books, and a See also:topography of See also:Rome
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Fragments in C
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