Libanius
Libanius (Greek: Λιβάνιος, translit. Libanios; c. 314–392 or 393) was a teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire. 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. During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and in religious matters was a pagan Hellene.
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 |
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