Editing Apollonius of Tyana (section)

==Life dates==
Apollonius was born into a respected and wealthy [[aristocratic]] Greek household.<ref name="Haughton2009">{{Cite book |last=Haughton |first=B |title=Hidden History: Lost Civilizations, Secret Knowledge, and Ancient Mysteries |publisher=ReadHowYouWant |year=2009 |isbn=978-1442953321 |pages=448 |quote=Apollonius was born around 2&nbsp;AD in Tyana (modern-day Bor in southern Turkey), in the Roman province of Cappadocia. He was born into a wealthy and respected Cappadocian Greek family, and received the best education, studying grammar and rhetoric in Tarsus, learning medicine at the temple of Aesculapius at Aegae, and philosophy at the school of Pythagoras.}}</ref><ref name="Abraham2009">{{Cite book |last=Abraham |first=RJ |title=Magic and religious authority in Philostratus' "Life of Apollonius of Tyana" |publisher=ScholarlyCommons |year=2009 |page=37 |oclc=748512857 |quote=Philostratus likewise emphasizes the pure Greek origin of Apollonius. He calls Tyana "a Greek city in the region of..."}}</ref> His primary biographer, [[Philostratus#Philostratus II|Philostratus the Elder]] ({{circa|170|247}}), places him {{circa|3&nbsp;BC|AD 97}}, however, the Roman historian [[Cassius Dio]] ({{circa|AD 155|235}}) writes that Apollonius was in his 40s or 50s in the 90s AD, from which the scholar [[Maria Dzielska]] gives a birth year of about AD 40.<ref name="Dzielska1986">{{Cite book |last=Dzielska |first=M |title=Apollonius of Tyana in legend and history |publisher=L'Erma di Bretschneider |year=1986 |isbn=88-7062-599-0 |location=Rome |pages=32 |chapter=On the memoirs of Damis |author-link=Maria Dzielska}}</ref>
[[File:Apollonius of Tyana.jpg|thumb|A [[medallion]] from the [[Palmyrene Empire]] depicting Apollonius, 2nd century AD]]