jan 1, 194 BC - Eratosthenes Dies (194 B.C.E)
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria and calculating the distance around Earth.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 194 BC
Now
~ 2220 years ago