Late Roman Empire

A Bishop's Power Struggle Killed Alexandria's Greatest Teacher

A mob hunting a governor found a philosopher instead—and what happened next erased centuries of accumulated knowledge from the Western world.

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Late Roman EmpireAncient AlexandriaWomen in HistoryMathematicsReligious ViolenceNorth Africa5th CenturyPhilosophyPolitical Assassination

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