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Also known as Libanius of Antioch, Libanios, Libanius the Sophist

Libanius (; ) 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.

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Libanius was an Ancient Roman rhetorician and writer who lived during the Roman Empire and Low Roman Empire periods. Born in Antioch in 315, he was a student of Diophantus. He wrote in Ancient Greek and adhered to paganism. Libanius died in Antioch in 393.

His literary output includes works such as *Orationes et declamationes*, *Demosthenis, Graecorum Oratorum Principis*, and *Olynthiacae orationes tres, & Philippicae quatuor*. Other notable texts include *Libanii Monodia, sive Lamentatio svper Nicomedia terrae motu subuersa* and *A court of judicature, in imitation of Libanius*. He is also associated with the work *Ditte Candiano Della gverra Troiana*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
314
Died
393
Works
44

Top works

  • Ditte Candiano Della gverra Troiana
  • Orationes et declamationes
  • Demosthenis, Graecorum Oratorum Principis, Olynthiacae orationes tres, & Philippicae quatuor
  • A court of judicature, in imitation of Libanius
  • Libanii Monodia, sive Lamentatio svper Nicomedia terrae motu subuersa

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Key facts

Person.name
Libanius
Person.image
File:Libanius the sophist.jpg
Person.image_size
250px
Person.caption
Libanius as imagined in an eighteenth-century woodcut
Person.birth_place
Antioch, Coele-Syria
Person.death_date
392 or 393 AD
Person.death_place
Antioch, Coele-Syria
Person.occupation
Teacher of rhetoric
Person.notable_works
Oration I, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, Lamentation

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Rome
Place of birth
Antioch
Place of death
Antioch
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
Religion
paganism
Image
Libanius the sophist.jpg
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date of birth
0315-00-00
date of death
0393-00-00
time period
Low Roman Empire
writing language
Ancient Greek
Commons category
Libanius
Commons Creator page
Libanius
significant place
Antioch
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