Crinas
a physician of Marseilles who practised at Rome in the reign of Nero, A. D. 54-68, and introduced astrology into his medical practice.
He acquired a large fortune, and is said by Pliny (
Plin. Nat. 29.5) to have left at his death to his native city the immense sum of ten million sesterces (
centies H. S.) or about 78,125
l., after having spent nearly the same sum during his life in building the walls of the city.
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