Calcidius
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4th-century philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Calcidius was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Very little is otherwise known of him.
