her in an attempt to poison her husband in A.D. 23.
He was put to torture, and finally executed by order of Tiberius.

_Apollonius of Tyana_ was born four years before the Christian era, in
the time of Augustus Caesar, and is known chiefly for the parallel that
has been drawn by ancient and modern writers between his supposed
miracles and those of the Saviour. His doings as described by
Philostratus are extraordinary and incredible, and he was put forward by
the Eclectics in opposition to the unique powers claimed by Christ and
believed in by His followers. Apollonius is said to have studied the
philosophy of the Platonic, Sceptic, Epicurean, Peripatetic and
Pythagorean schools, and to have adopted that of Pythagoras. He schooled
himself in early manhood in the asceticism of that philosophy. He
abstained from animal food and strong drink, wore white linen garments
and sandals made of bark, and let his hair grow long. For five years he
preserved a mystic silence, and during this period the truths of
philosophy became known to him. He had interviews with the Magi in Asia
Minor, and learned strange secrets from the Brahmans in India. In Greece
he visited the temples and oracles, and exercised his powers of healing.
Like Pythagoras, he travelled far and wide, disputing about philosophy
wherever he went, and he gained an extraordinary reputation for magical
powers. The priests of the temples gave him divine honours and sent the
sick to him to be cured. He arrived in Rome just after an edict had been
promulgated by Nero against magicians. He was tried before Telesinus,
the consul, and Tigellinus, the base favourite of the Emperor. He was
acquitted by Telesinus because of his love of philosophy, and by
Tigellinus because of his fear of magic. Subsequently, at Alexandria,
Apollonius, in virtue of his magic power, affirmed that he would make
Vespasian emperor, and afterwards became the friend of Titus,
Vespasian's son. On the accession of Domitian, Apollonius stirred up the
provinces against him, and was ordered to be brought in custody to Rome,
but he surrendered himself to the authorities, and was brought into the
presence of the Emperor to be questioned. He began to praise Nerva, and
was immediately ordered to prison and to chains. It is said that he
miraculously escaped, and spent the remainder of his days in Ephesus.

The relation of Apollonius to the art of medicine is connected with his
visits, on his travels, to the tem