When Alexandria Murdered Its Last Mathematician
Late Roman Empire

When Alexandria Murdered Its Last Mathematician

A pagan mathematician stood between Christianity and the last great library of the ancient world in 391 AD.

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Late AntiquityRoman EmpireHypatiaAlexandriaChristianityMathematicsEducationBishop CyrilClassical LearningReligious ConflictAncient EgyptByzantine Empire

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