[1] It is said that Timagenes had a falling-out with emperor Augustus, whereupon he destroyed his writings and fled Rome.
He also asked Cleopatra to deliver Mark Antony to Octavianus, or have him put to death.
It is sometimes credited as the source for Pompeius Trogus's Philippic Histories, which survive in Justin's epitome.
Timagenes' death has all the hallmarks of poisoning; in the Suda[2] it is stated that he was at a villa in the Roman region of Albania or 'Albanum' and felt sick shortly after dinner.
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