Pelagonius (4th century AD) was an influential

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writer on

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

, especially on horses. He is one of the many authors whose work was compiled and preserved in the ''

Hippiatrica The ''Hippiatrica'' () is a Byzantine compilation of ancient Greek texts, mainly excerpts, dedicated to the care and healing of the horse.. The texts were probably compiled in the fifth or sixth century AD by an unknown editor. Currently, the compi ...

''. Remains of his texts still exist in Latin and

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. One of his sources was

Columella Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (, Arabic: ) was a prominent Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. His in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture and ancient Roman cuisin ...

. He was used by

Vegetius Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, known as Vegetius (), was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century). Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what is contained in his two surviving works: ''Epitoma rei militaris'' (also r ...

. There is an edition of his texts in

Teubner The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, or ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana'', also known as Teubner editions of Greek and Latin texts, comprise one of the most thorough modern collections published of ancient (and some medieva ...

(1980), ''De veterinaria medicina'', by K.D. Fischer.

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Pelagonius
studies and digitized texts by th
BIUM (Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine et d'odontologie, Paris)
see its digital librar

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