ANTIOCHIAN EPOCHA, a method of computing time from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch about the time of the battle of Pharsalia.
ANTIOCHUS of Ascalon, a celebrated philosopher, the disciple of Philo of Larissa, the master of Cicero and the friend of Lucullus and Brutus. He was founder of a fifth academy. See ANTIOCHIAN SECT.