Publius Nigidius Figulus: Early Neopythagorean, considered on of the most learned Romans of the age, he was a friend of Cicero, and was praetor (a magistrate) in 58 BC.  He sought to revive Pythagorean doctrines and combine them with Etruscan and Oriental beliefs, notably a belief in astrology. Suetonius and Apuleius tell of Figulus' "supernatural" powers.  Jerome calls him "Pythagoricus et magus".  His works include "Concerning the Gods", in at least 19 books, the earliest comprehensive work on Roman religion; "Commentarii grammatici", a collection of notes concerned with, among other matters, synonyms, inflection, orthography, word formation, syntax, and etymology; "De extis" (Concerning Sacrificial Meats); "De ventis" (Concerning Winds) and a rhetorical treatise, "De gestu" (Concerning Gesture)

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