Alexandria; auditoria of Kom el-Dikka and late antique education

Alexandria; auditoria of Kom el-Dikka and late antique education.

Ed. by Tomasz Derda et al.

Warsaw University

2007

345 pages

$128.00

Hardcover

Journal of juristic papyrology; supplement 8

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Polish historian Tomasz Derda and others have edited a collection of articles on the excavation of a number of auditoria in a section of Alexandria. These seem to indicate a center of learning in Late Antiquity. A seventh-century Muslim graveyard found over the site gives an end date for the use of the buildings. Many photos and drawings show the excavations. Articles describe each auditorium and postulate its use. Others place the school within what is known of Late Antique Alexandria and education at that time. One author has compiled a biographical list of all known teachers in Alexandria and the Eastern Roman Empire. No bibliography or index is included. Distributed in North America by the David Brown Book Co.

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