Aulus Gellius was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his Attic Nights, a commonplace book, or compilation of notes on grammar, philosophy, history, antiquarianism, and other subjects, preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today. 123 – 165; died at about 42. Alive at the same time as Marcus Aurelius, Ptolemy, Nagarjuna, Tertullian, and Hadrian. Wiki link