Arnobius
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Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 3rd cent.
- Died
- c. 330
- Works
- 24
Top works
- The case against the pagans
- Arnobii Adversvs nationes libri VII
- Adversus gentes libri VII
- Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Volume 19
- Arnobius Against The Heathen
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Key facts
- Philosopher.name
- Arnobius
- Philosopher.image
- Арнобий Старший -Arnobius of Sicca.jpg
- Philosopher.other_names
- Arnobius the Elder, Arnobius Afer, Arnobius of Sicca
- Philosopher.death_date
- c. 330
- Philosopher.death_place
- Ancient Rome
- Philosopher.occupation
- Theologian, writer
- Philosopher.region
- Western philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Roman philosophy
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Early form of the Pascal's Wager
- Philosopher.notable_works
- Adversus nationes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- El Kef
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Image
- Арнобий Старший -Arnobius of Sicca.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 0255-01-01
- date of death
- 0327-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Lactantius
- time period
- late antiquity
- writing language
- Latin
- different from
- Arnobius the Younger
- end of work period
- 0400-00-00
- start of work period
- 0300-00-00
- Commons category
- Arnobius
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
12 objects attributed to Arnobius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Arnobii Afri Adversus Gentes Libri VII : Cum Recensione Viri Celeberrimi, & integris omnium commentariis
ARNOBII DISPVTATIONVM ADVERSVS GENTES LIBRI OCTO :
IO. FROBENIVS PIO LECTORI S.D. En optime lector, rarum damus thesaurum, & nihil non nouum /
![ARNOBII APHRI VETVSTI PARITER ac laudatissimi scriptoris in omneis psalmos co [m] mentarij, iuxta pij sane atq [ue] eruditi /](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__29_J_000036_33O32L5-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
ARNOBII APHRI VETVSTI PARITER ac laudatissimi scriptoris in omneis psalmos co [m] mentarij, iuxta pij sane atq [ue] eruditi /
ARNOBII APHRI VETUSTI PARITER ac laudatissimi scriptoris in omneis Psalmos commentarii /
![Arnobii Dispvtationvm Adversvs Gentes libri VIII. nunc demum sic accuravi, ut ab eruditis sine ulla offensatione [et] cum maiore lectionis operae pretio cognosci poßint [Ex redactione Sigismundi Gelenii]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__K_008820____1G41ROC-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Arnobii Dispvtationvm Adversvs Gentes libri VIII. nunc demum sic accuravi, ut ab eruditis sine ulla offensatione [et] cum maiore lectionis operae pretio cognosci poßint [Ex redactione Sigismundi Gelenii]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- {{lang|la|Adversus nationes}}
- Notes
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Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).
According to Jerome's Chronicle, Arnobius, before his conversion, was a distinguished Numidian rhetorician at Sicca Veneria (El Kef, Tunisia), a major Christian center in Proconsular Africa, and owed his conversion to a premonitory dream. However, Arnobius writes dismissively of dreams in his surviving book.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arnobius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.