Berossus
3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer
- Lived
- 400 BC–300 BC
- Country
- Achaemenid Empire
Updated September 2026
About Berossus
Berossus or Berosus was an early-3rd-century BCE Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, priest of Bel Marduk, and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language.
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