Marinus

a centurion, who, in the reign of Philippus (A. D. 249), was saluted emperor in Moesia, by the soldiers, who soon after put him to death. A brass medal is extant, struck at Philippopolis, in Thrace, bearing the legend ΘΕΩ . ΜΑΡΙΝΩ; but the Greek coin, quoted by Goltzius as exhibiting the names P. Carvilius Marinus, is regarded with suspicion. (Zonar. 12.19; Zosim. 1.20; Eckhel, vol. vii. p. 373.) [W.R]

(Μαρῖνος), of Flavia Neapolis, in Palestine, a philosopher and rhetorician, was the pupil and successor of Proclus, respecting whose life he wrote a work, which is still extant. Proclus died A. D. 485; Marinus, therefore, lived under the emperors Zeno and Anastasius. Works Philosophical Works

Marinus wrote some philosophical works. (Suid. s. v.) Epigram

An epigram of his, on his own life of Proclus, is preserved in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, Anal. vol. ii. p. 446; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 153, vol. xiii. p. 915.) Life of Proclus

The publication of his life of Proclus is fixed by internal evidence to the year of Proclus's death; for he mentions an eclipse which will happen when the first year after that event shall have been completed (p. 29; Clinton, Fast. Rom. sub an.). Editions

Marines' life of Proclus was first published with the works of Marcus Antoninus, Tigur. 1559, 8vo., reprinted Lugd. Bat. 1626, l2mo.; next with the work of Proclus on Plato's theology, Hamburg, 1618, fol.: the first separate edition was that of Fabricius, with valuable Prolegomena, Hamburg, 1700, 4to., reprinted Lund. 1703, 8vo.

Boissonade has re-edited the work, with a much improved text, and valuable notes of his own, in addition to the Prolegomena and notes of Fabricius, Lips. 1814, 8vo. Further Information

Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ix. p. 370; Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 319, ed. Westermann. [P.S]

(Μαρῖνος), of Tyre, a Greek geographer, who lived in the middle of the second century of the Christian era. Works

He was the immediate predecessor of Ptolemy, who frequently refers to him. Marinus was undoubtedly the founder of mathematical geography in antiquity; and we learn from Ptolemy's own statement (1.6) that he based his whole work upon that of Marinus. The chief merit of Marinus was, that he put an end to the uncertainty that had hitherto prevailed respecting the positions of places, by assigning to each its latitude and longitude. He also constructed maps for his works on much improved principles, which are spoken of under Ptolemaeus. In order to obtain as much accuracy as possible, Marinus was indefatigable in studying the works of his predecessors, the diaries kept by travellers, and every available source. He made many alterations in the second edition of his work, and would have still further improved it if he had not been carried off by an untimely death. Further Information

Ukert, Geographie der Griechen und Römer, vol. i. pars i. p. 227, &c., pars ii. pp. 194, &c., 278; Forbiger, Handbuch der Alten Geographie, vol. i. p. 365, &c.

(Μαρῖνος), a celebrated physician and anatomist, who must have lived in the first and second centuries after Christ, as Quintus, Galen's tutor, was one of his pupils (Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. "De Nat. Hom." 2.6, vol. xv. p. 136). He wrote numerous anatomical treatises (or else one long work in twenty books), which Galen abridged, and of which he gives a short analysis (De Libris Propriis, 100.3, vol. xix. p. 25). Galen frequently mentions him in terms of commendation, and says he was one of the restorers of anatomical science (De Hippocr. et Plat. Deer. 8.1, vol. v. p. 650). He appears also to have written a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates, which is twice quoted by Galen (Comment. in Hippocr. "Aphor." 7.13, 54, vol. xviii. pt. i. pp. 113, 163).

It is uncertain whether this anatomist is the same person as the Postumius Marinus, the physician to the younger Pliny (Plin. Epist. x. 6); and also whether he is the person whose medical formulae are quoted by Andromachus (Galen, De Compos. Medicamn. sec. Locos, 7.2, vol. xiii. p. 25) and Avicenna (Canon, 5.1, 8. p. 306, ed. 1595). [W.A.G]

(Μαρῖνος). (1) A Tyrian geographer, who lived about the middle of the second century A.D. He was the first mathematical geographer, and was largely followed by Ptolemy. (See Ptolemaeus.)

(2) A philosopher and rhetorician of Flavia Neapolis in Palestine. He succeeded Proclus (q.v.), and wrote his life, which is still extant. Edited by Boissonade (Leipzig, 1814).