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A pagan voice echoes through a turbulent Christian empire.
Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II
letters 51–193
$89.07
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496 pages
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31 December 1991
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Summary
Libanius: A Pagan Voice in a Christian Empire - Autobiography and Selected Letters
A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes - Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the fourth century.
Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the culture and religious traditions of Hellenism, Libanius rose to fame as a teacher of the classics…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674995284 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674995287 |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
| Author: | Libanius, A.F. Norman |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | LOEB |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1991 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 108mm x 25mm |
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Norman’s command of his material is complete and remarkable. * TImes Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Libanius
Albert Francis Norman was Professor of Classics at the University of Hull.
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