Claudius Aelianus published 1 book. The best-known is De Natura Animalium.
Updated September 2026
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De Natura Animalium (1958)
About Claudius Aelianus
Claudius Aelianus, commonly Aelian, born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spoke Greek so fluently that he was called "honey-tongued" ; Roman-born, he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in a slightly archaizing Greek himself.
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- Claudius Aelianus published 1 book that we list, as of September 2026.
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- De Natura Animalium is Claudius Aelianus's most widely read book.
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