Filostratos

He was born in Lemnos around 190 AD and died in the mid-3rd century AD. After completing his general education, he went to Athens. On the recommendation of Domna, the mother of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, he undertook the writing of a book about Apollonius. In the 1st century AD, there was intense philosophical thought and religious inquiry. Additionally, there were significant religious fermentations, with the eventual predominance of Christianity and conflicts with the "Pagans." Thus, the fervent Pagans presented Apollonius of Tyana as equivalent to Christ, while the fervent Christians portrayed him as a magician.