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Theodosius of Bithynia (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 2nd–1st century BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and mathematician from Bithynia who wrote the Spherics, a treatise about spherical geometry, as well as several other books on mathematics and astronomy, of which two survive, On Habitations and On Days and Nights.

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Theodosius of Bithynia

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Theodosius of Bithynia (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 2nd–1st century BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and mathematician from Bithynia who wrote the Spherics...

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Bithynia

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Bithynia (/bɪˈθɪniə/; Koinē Greek: Βιθυνία, romanized: Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day...

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Theodosius

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version of the name. Theodosius I (347–395; "Theodosius the Great"), son of Count Theodosius Theodosius II (408–450) Theodosius III (715–717) Theodosius (son...

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Spherical geometry

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lived at the end of the fourth century BC. Spherical trigonometry was studied by early Greek mathematicians such as Theodosius of Bithynia, a Greek astronomer...

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Eudoxus of Cnidus

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Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus. Spherics by Theodosius of Bithynia may be based on a work by Eudoxus. Eudoxus, son of Aeschines, was born and died in Cnidus...

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History of sundials

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dial) of Parmenio the pros pan klima of Theodosius of Bithynia and Andreas the pelekinon of Patrocles: the classic double-bladed axe design of hyperbolae...

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100 BC

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Appuleius Saturninus, Roman politician Salvius Tryphon, Rebel slave Theodosius of Bithynia, Greek astronomer and mathematician (b. c. 169 BC) Wikimedia Commons...

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Asia Minor Greeks

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known globe of the Earth Sostratus of Cnidus, architect and engineer, probably designed the lighthouse of Alexandria Theodosius of Bithynia, astronomer...

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List of Greek mathematicians

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Pythagoras Serenus of Antinouplis Simplicius of Cilicia Sporus of Nicaea Thales Theaetetus Theano Theodorus of Cyrene Theodosius of Bithynia Theon of Alexandria...

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Ancient Greek astronomy

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Alexandria (Menelaus theorem) Meton of Athens Parmenides Porphyry Posidonius Proclus Thales Theodosius of Bithynia Astronomy instruments Antikythera mechanism...

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160 BC

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Jugurtha, King of Numidia (d. 104 BC) Theodosius of Bithynia, Greek astronomer and mathematician who will write Spherics, a book on the geometry of the sphere...

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Isaac Barrow

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comments of the first four books of the On Conic Sections of Apollonius of Perga, and of the extant works of Archimedes and Theodosius of Bithynia. In the...

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Plato Tiburtinus

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Occident. The Spherics by Theodosius of Bithynia, Al-Battān, i’s al-Zij (“Astronomical Treatise”) The De usu astrolabii of Abu’l-Qāsim Maslama (Ibn al-Sạffār)...

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Timeline of mathematics

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Greece, Theodosius of Bithynia 135 BC – 51 BC – Greece, Posidonius 78 BC – 37 BC – China, Jing Fang 50 BC – Indian numerals, a descendant of the Brahmi...

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Theodosius III

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Emperor Anastasius II (r. 713–715), acclaiming the reluctant Theodosius as emperor. Theodosius led his troops to Chrysopolis and then Constantinople, the...

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Qatar Digital Library

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first two phases of the project. The first phase included manuscripts from Ptolemy, Hippocrates, Aristotle, as well as Theodosius of Bithynia. The second phase...

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Autolycus of Pitane

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"Theodosius of Bithynia". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Autolycus of Pitane"...

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Lycus

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Turkey and Iraq Lycus (river of Bithynia), flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica Lycus (river of Cilicia), flows from the Pyramus...

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Ancient Roman technology

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military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD). The Roman Empire was one of the most technologically advanced civilizations of antiquity, with some of the more...

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160s BC

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Nicator, king of the Seleucid Empire from 145 BC and 129 BC (d. 125 BC) 160 BC Jugurtha, King of Numidia (d. 104 BC) Theodosius of Bithynia, Greek astronomer...

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Warehouse 13 season 5

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final season of the American television series Warehouse 13 premiered on April 14, 2014 and ended on May 19, 2014 on Syfy. The season consists of six episodes...

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Qusta ibn Luqa

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translations of a number of works. These include works by Diophantus, Theodosius of Bithynia's Sphaerica, On Days and Nights, and On the places of habitation...

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Tiberius III

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at similar times: Emperor Theodosius became bishop after 716, according to the Chronicon Altinate, and Theodosius the son of Tiberius became bishop by...

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Francesco Maurolico

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of Sicily, which was published in 1575. Maurolico worked on ancient mathematical texts: Theodosius of Bithynia, Menelaus of Alexandria, Autolycus of Pitane...

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