Creator Bio
Libanius
ca. 314–ca. 393
Libanius was a prominent Greek rhetorician and teacher based in Antioch, in the Eastern Roman Empire. A staunch pagan, he defended traditional Greco-Roman religious practices against Christianity. He wrote extensive speeches, letters, and rhetorical exercises.
Content by Libanius
Primary Source
Libanius’ Letters to the Jewish Patriarch
Epistles (selected)
To the same [Priscianus—Ed.]
Some disturbance has arisen among our Jews because [of a rumor that] a certain wicked…
Primary Source
Greek Education in the Family of the Patriarch
Epistle 1098
To the Patriarch
Your son came with ability to learn; indeed, through the rhetorical power of Argeus he had something…
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The Late Roman Period in History and Memory
3rd–6th Centuries