Erasistratus likewise was a Greek physician
who became an outstanding anatomist in Alexandria. He
devised the first crude respiration calorimeter. No complete
textual records are extant. He was probably a student
of Theophrastus.
Roman World as the Center of Intellectual
Accomplishment
With the decline of influences of the Ptolomaic
kings in Egypt and the transfer of military
superiority to the Roman Empire, various individuals
became distinguished for their agricultural
accomplishments. The first of these was Marcus
Porcius Cato.
