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Bust of Posidonius from the Naples National Archaeological Museum
Born	c. 135 BC Apamea
Died	c. Posidonius works Posidonius contribution to oceanography Posidonius books Posidonius fragments Stoicism 51 BC (aged 83–84) Rhodes or Rome
Era	Hellenistic philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Stoicism
Main interests	Astronomy, geography, history, mathematics, meteorology, philosophy, physics

Posidonius (; Greek: ΠοσειδώνιοςPoseidṓnios, "of Poseidon") "of Apameia" (ὁ Ἀπαμεύς) or "of Rhodes" (ὁ Ῥόδιος) (c.

135 – c. 51 BC), was a Greekpolitician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was considered the most learned man of his time and, possibly, of the entire Stoic school.

After a period learning Stoic philosophy from Panaetius in Athens, he spent many years in travel and scientific researches in Spain, Africa, Italy, Gaul, Liguria, Sicily and on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. He settled as a teacher at Rhod