Aesculapius

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 10 §47 Aesculapius

  The god of healing, summoned from Epidaurus to end the pestilence at Rome.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §11 Aesculapius

  Aesculapius (Asclepius), the healing god once summoned from Greece to Rome, a precedent for bringing the Mother.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §4 temple of Aesculapius

  Shrine of the god of healing (Greek Asclepius) at Ambracia, a landmark of the siege.

• The History of Rome, Book 40 §38 Aesculapius

  The healing god Aesculapius, vowed gilded statues during the three-year plague.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §32 temple of Aesculapius

  Aesculapius, god of healing; Perseus's envoys were said to have been received by the Carthaginian senate in his temple by night.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §25 the temple of Aesculapius

  The god of healing (Greek Asclepius); his great temple in Carthage served as a meeting place for the city's leaders.

• The History of Rome, Book 43 §6 Aesculapius

  The god of healing, whose shrine Lucretius decorated with paintings taken as booty.

• The History of Rome, Book 45 §26 famous for the noble temple of Aesculapius

  The healing god, whose temple at Epidaurus was rich with votive offerings.