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Synagogue

Synagogue: place of Jewish worship.Origins The synagogue of Sepphoris The name synagogue, “gathering”, is Greek and refers to both the activity and…

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Synesius, Against Andronicus

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…

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Synesius, Letter 073

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…

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Synesius, Letter 096

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…

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Synesius, Letter 105

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…

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Synesius, Letter 147

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…

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Syphax

Syphax or Sophax: king of the Masaeisylians in Numidia (last quarter of the third century BCE). Coin of Syphax, showing an…

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History of Syracuse (6)

Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily.       Roman Province Since the First Punic War, most of Sicily was part of the Roman empire; the Second Punic War added Syracuse. In c.200, any intelligent observer would have been able to see…

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