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A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity.

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“What impresses . . . most is Watts' seemingly complete mastering of the rich and variegated literary sources of the history he tells.” * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
“An important book . . . carefully edited.” * Classical Bulletin *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Academic Life in the Roman Empire: Libanius to Aristaenetus 2. Athenian Education in the Second through Fourth Centuries 3. Prohaeresius and the Later Fourth Century 4. Athens and Its Philosophical Schools in the Fifth Century 5. The Closing of the Athenian Schools 6. Alexandrian Intellectual Life in the Roman Imperial Period 7. The Shifting Sands of Fourth-Century Alexandrian Cultural Life 8. Alexandrian Schools of the Fifth Century 9. The Coming Revolution Conclusion Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9780520258167, 978-0520258167
      ISBN10: 0520258169
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity.

      Trade Review
      “What impresses . . . most is Watts' seemingly complete mastering of the rich and variegated literary sources of the history he tells.” * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
      “An important book . . . carefully edited.” * Classical Bulletin *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments 1. Academic Life in the Roman Empire: Libanius to Aristaenetus 2. Athenian Education in the Second through Fourth Centuries 3. Prohaeresius and the Later Fourth Century 4. Athens and Its Philosophical Schools in the Fifth Century 5. The Closing of the Athenian Schools 6. Alexandrian Intellectual Life in the Roman Imperial Period 7. The Shifting Sands of Fourth-Century Alexandrian Cultural Life 8. Alexandrian Schools of the Fifth Century 9. The Coming Revolution Conclusion Bibliography Index

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