Demetrios of Tarsus dating history

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Demetrius of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος, Latin: Demetrius) was a Greek grammarian known only from Plutarch's work De Oraculorum Defectu (περὶ τῶν ἐκλελοιπότων χρηστηρίων). He is Demetrios 107 in Pauly's Encyclopedia. He is thought to have made a voyage to the British Isles around the 1st century AD. Two bronze dedication plaques by a Demetrios written in ancient Greek have been found in Roman contexts from York: RIB 662 and 663.