Guess Who

By N.S. Gill, About.com GuideOctober 10, 2012

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The picture is a third century A.D. portrait from Dura-Europos, Syria.

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October 10, 2012 at 1:27 pm (1) Susan says:: I was lost on this one, but I did enjoy reading about him, especially the circumstances of his birth.
October 10, 2012 at 3:28 pm (2) sikhism.guide@about.com says:: The answer seems just about as cryptic as the question historic dates can really boggle the mathematical mind, and for those of us not so endowed even more so.
October 10, 2012 at 3:36 pm (3) ancienthistory says:: I changed it so there are more actual numbers. I don’t think it helps much. It still takes interpretation. It’s not a clear cut number, either. But the answer is more about who he is than when he lived.