Background
Clitomachus was born in Carthage in 187/6 British Columbia, and he was originally named Hasdrubal.
philosopher Scholarch of the Platonic Academy
Clitomachus was born in Carthage in 187/6 British Columbia, and he was originally named Hasdrubal.
He became head of the Academy around 127/6 British Columbia. He was an Academic skeptic like his master. Nothing survives of his writings, which were dedicated to making known the views of Carneades, but Cicero made use of them for some of his works. He came to Athens in 163/2 British Columbia, when he was about 24 years old.
In 127/6 British Columbia, two years after the death of Carneades, he became the effective head (scholarch) of the Academy.
He continued to teach at Athens till as late as 111 British Columbia, as Crassus heard him in that year. He died in 110/09 British Columbia, and was succeeded as scholarch by Philo of Larissa.