title: Soranus
text: # Soranus
  
  In Latin, Soranus is an adjectival toponym indicating origin from the town of Sora.
  
  ## Name
  
  The name Soranus may refer to:
  
  * Soranus of Ephesus, Greek physician and medical writer
  * Soranus (mythology), a god adopted by the ancient Romans
  * Quintus Valerius Soranus, Roman author and tribune, ostensibly executed for revealing the arcane name of Rome
  * Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus, Roman consul in 34 AD
  * Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus, Roman consul in 52 AD and son of the consul of 34 AD
  
  ## Pen-name
  
  * Soranus was used as a pen-name by Voltaire
  