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Libanius | |
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 Libanius as imagined in an eighteenth-century woodcut | |
| Born | c. 314 AD |
| Died | 392 or 393 AD |
| Occupation | Teacher of rhetoric |
| Notable work | Oration I, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, Lamentation |
Libanius (Greek: Λιβάνιος, translit. Libanios; c. 314–392 or 393) was a teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire.[1] His prolific writings make him one of the best documented teachers of higher education in the ancient world and a critical source of history of the Greek East during the 4th century AD.[2] During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and in religious matters was a pagan Hellene.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 534.
- ^ Bradbury, Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures Scott; Libanius; Bradbury, Scott A. (2004). Selected Letters of Libanius: From the Age of Constantius and Julian. Liverpool University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-85323-509-5.