Arcyon (), or, as others read, Alcyon (Ἀλκύων), was a surgeon in

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, who was mentioned by the historian

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as having been called in to attend to those persons who had been wounded at the emperor

Caligula Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), also called Gaius and Caligula (), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Ag ...

's assassination in the year 41 AD. Several conspirators owed their lives to Arcyon, as he spirited them away via a passage on the pretext of needing to find medical supplies.

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