Caius Calpurnius Asclepiades of Prusa also known as Phylophysicus was a physician who flourished in the second century during the reign of Hadrian. Born in Prusia, Bithynia in 88 CE, he wrote several books on the composition of medicines, both internal and external.Platts, John, A Universal Biography. London: Sherwood Jones and Co., Vol. II, 114Thomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p.199Natalem auspicatissimum regis augustissimi ac potentissimi Friderici Guielmi III, Universität Bonn, p. 25 The Greek physician Galen recorded some of Asclepiades' medical formulas in his works.Galen, Comp. Med. (Sec.) Loc. vii. 5., viii. 5., 102, 179. He was presented by emperor Trajan with the revenues of seven cities for himself and his familyThomas, Joseph, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. B. Lippincott Company, p. 199 and served as one of the assessors of Roman magistrates in charge of voting tablets. The biographer Antonio Cocchi noted that there were over forty men of history with the name Asclepiades and wrote that this Asclepiades of Prusa was a fellow countryman of, and perhaps a lineal descendant of the Asclepiades who died in 40 BCE.
He was married to Veronia Chelidonia for 51 years and died aged 70.Strauss, Paul, La Revue Philanthropique (Paris, Masson et Cie, 1897), p. 846-7
See also Asclepiades (disambiguation)
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