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Dexippus

Dexippus

c. 210 CE–c. 273 CE · Athens

Publius Herennius Dexippus was a Greek historian and statesman of Athens in the 3rd century CE, who took part in the defense of the city against invading Goths. He wrote historical works in Greek, including a chronicle and an account of the wars against the Germanic invaders of his time, which survive only in fragments but are valued for their first-hand perspective on a turbulent age. He was honored in Athens for both his public service and his learning.

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About Athens

Athens, the capital of Greece since 1834, was the leading intellectual centre of the classical Greek world. Socrates taught there, and four major philosophical schools took root in the city: Plato's Academy, founded around 387 BCE, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa of Zeno, and Epicurus' Garden. Under Hellenistic and Roman rule Athens remained a place of study that drew students from across the empire; in the 4th century CE the Christian writers Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus studied there together, while Neoplatonist teachers kept lecturing. Emperor Justinian's ban on pagan teaching of philosophy in 529 is generally taken to mark the end of the city's ancient history.

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